[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 187 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H8261-H8262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

           By Mr. JONES:
       H.R. 3600.
       Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
       The constitutional authority of Congress to enact this 
     legislation is provided by the 1st Amendment of the United 
     States Constitution, which states Congress shall make no law 
     respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the 
     free exercise thereof;

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     or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the 
     right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition 
     the Government for a redress of grievances.