: Thank you, everyone, for gathering. With us we have the Green family. I'm with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and represent -- who represents...

Our family started Hobby Lobby built in our faith and together as a family. We've kept that tradition for more than 40 years, and we want to continue...

The choice that the government has forced on us is unfair and not in keeping with the history of our great nation, founded on religious

freedom. We believe that Americans don't lose their religious freedom when they open a family business.

We were encouraged by today's arguments. We are thankful that the Supreme Court took our case. And we prayerfully await the justices' decision.

Thank you.

: We'll now hear from Lori Windham, counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and we will excuse the Green family to go where their cars will...

(Off mic.)

This case poses a critical important question: Do Americans give up their religious freedom when they open a family business? We are encouraged by...

The Green family has long operated Hobby Lobby consistent with its religious beliefs and religious principles. They hope to be able doing so -- they...

Thank you.

: That was Lori Windham, counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, who represents Hobby Lobby in this case. Thank you.

We will -- the Hahn family will be coming out shortly. Anthony Hahn of Conestoga Wood will be delivering a statement. That statement is in the press...

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: We welcome the Hahn family. Anthony Hahn will deliver the statement on behalf of the Hahn family.

Well, since my family first opened Conestoga Wood Specialties in my dad's garage 50 years ago, we sought to glorify God -- not only in the quality and...

We never thought we'd see a day when the government would tell our family we could no longer run our business in a way that affirmed the sanctity of...

We didn't choose this fight. Our families would have been happy to just continue providing good jobs and generous health care benefits. But the government...

We hope and pray that the Supreme Court will uphold the religious freedoms of all Americans that seek to glorify God even as they go about making a...

Mr. Hahn, where do you draw the -- where should you draw the line --

: Thank you.

You won't answer a question?

: Now I believe we will hear from Paul -- let's see, Paul Clement will be coming out shortly and will take questions from the press.

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: To clarify, the two cases of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga were consolidated cases. Conestoga was represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, Hobby Lobby...

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(In progress) -- and before I do it I'd actually like to give an opportunity for Dave Cortman from ADF, who is counsel for Conestoga, to make a statement.

I just wanted to say this is not about a corporation, a nameless, faceless organization. This is about a family -- a family who's been pillars of their...

And I think it's important here because this abortion pill mandate is an unprecedented intrusion in a private family business, where the government...

What kind of accommodation would they be willing to accept?

Look --

If I can just say, you know, we are obviously gratified that the Court, you know, heard these cases, accepted both of them. We think it was important...

We do think that there are real concerns when the government comes in and takes a position that even a kosher deli that was told that it would have...

basis to -- even to get into court and make that claim, that is a very, very difficult argument to sustain. The nature of their argument would also...

So those are the arguments that were presented to the Court today. Obviously we covered a great deal of territory. If there are a couple of questions,...

General, yeah, what about the argument advanced by the other side, that this would be an unprecedented expansion of the rights of -- (off mic)?

Well, I think the Court really I think got to that issue by saying that there's really no case on either side that says either that for-profit corporations...

What did you say to Justice's comments that the law isn't forcing anyone to provide health care they disagree with, it's giving companies the option...

Well, the options that are provided for this statute for -- by the statute for a company like Hobby Lobby is the option to either pay a $475 million...

And the point is not that the -- any of these companies are asking for something, some special treatment. The point is that Congress passed a statute...

And the fundamental problem with the government's program here is that an agency has provided this accommodation or this exemption for a subset of the...

Do you have any sense from arguments which way the Court is going to rule?

The only sense I have from the questions is that the Court took this case very seriously, as it does every one of its cases. But we were certainly...

Thank you very much.