Kelly, Black, Hatch, and Lankford Announce Amicus Brief in Support of Nonprofits' Challenge to HHS Mandate

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Today Congressman Mike Kelly (R-PA-03), Congressman Diane Black (R-TN-06), Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senator James Lankford (R-OK) announced the submission of a bipartisan amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court and signed by 207 members of the House and Senate in support of the religious nonprofits and charities challenging Obamacare's Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate, including Little Sisters of the Poor. The nonprofits' challenge will be heard this year in the case of Zubik vs. Burwell.

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"The HHS mandate remains a hideous component of a disastrous law that puts government's power over people's rights. It puts this administration on the wrong side of our nation's long and cherished history of religious liberty and tolerance--and deserves to be defeated. With this amicus brief, my colleagues and I stand side by side with the Little Sisters of the Poor and all those whose First Amendment rights have been trampled under this president's agenda. I expect the Supreme Court to ultimately free these heroic nuns from the mandate's oppressive penalties and allow them to continue serving a country where religious freedom is not just settled but celebrated. No government program or politician must ever be permitted to punish American citizens for peacefully following their faith--period," said Congressman Mike Kelly.

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