,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,scalise 7for himself and ,mr4 ,poe
 of ,texas7 submitted the following     
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,reaffirming the          
commitment of the ,house of             
,representatives to the ,first          
,amendment to the ,constitution and the 
vital freedom of speech protections it  
provides for ,americans4  ,whereas the  
,first ,amendment to the ,constitution1 
adopted on ,december #ae1 #agia1        
provides that ,congress shall make no   
law respecting an establishment of      
religion1 or prohibiting the free       
exercise thereof2 or abridging the      
freedom of speech1 or of the press2 or  
the right of the people peaceably to    
assemble1 and to petition the           
,government for a redress of grievances2
 ,whereas the ,first ,amendment has been
 and is a beacon of light and freedom to

 the rest of the world in its           
protections to the ,american people from
 overreaching by the ,government2       
,whereas1 for more than two centuries1  
men and women have died to defend the   
,constitution and the ,nation's precious
 freedoms2 ,whereas every member of the 
,house of ,representatives takes an oath
 to protect and defend the              
,constitution2 ,whereas the ,first      
,amendment provides broad freedom of    
speech protections to allow individuals 
to participate in the ,nation's         
representative democracy2 ,whereas      
amending the ,bill of ,rights would     
erode those precious freedoms that      
strengthen the ,nation's democracy2 and 
,whereas the masterful design of the    
,nation's ,founders1 in particular the  
authors of the ,first ,amendment1 should
 not be tampered with or rewritten3     
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives reaffirms its      
commitment to the ,first ,amendment to  
the ,constitution1 as written1 and the  

protections it affords to the ,american 
people that are vital to the ,nation's  
democracy4