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Line 50: − ===Foreign policy=== − Church was the chairman of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] from 1979 to 1981. He was an opponent of the [[Vietnam War]], though he had been a supporter early on.<ref name=americanthinker/>
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Throughout his career, Church would speak out against [[gun control]].<ref name=americanthinker>Anderson,
Throughout his career, Church would speak out against [[gun control]].<ref name=americanthinker>Anderson,
Larrey (February 11, 2010) [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2010/02/the_rise_and_fall_of_frank_chu_1.html The Rise and Fall of Frank Church: A Lesson for Conservatives] ''American Thinker''. Retrieved July 9, 2021.</ref>
Larrey (February 11, 2010) [https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2010/02/the_rise_and_fall_of_frank_chu_1.html The Rise and Fall of Frank Church: A Lesson for Conservatives] ''American Thinker''. Retrieved July 9, 2021.</ref>
===Foreign policy===
Church was the chairman of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] from 1979 to 1981. He was an opponent of the [[Vietnam War]], though he had been a supporter early on.<ref name=americanthinker/>
===Church Committee===
===Church Committee===
Church headed the "Church Committee", the senatorial committee that would become the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], which is the [[Deep State]]'s arm in the Senate. There, he uncovered the Lockheed Bribery scandal.<ref>https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/man-pulled-trigger-scandal/</ref>
Church headed the "Church Committee", the senatorial committee that would become the [[Senate Intelligence Committee]], which is the [[Deep State]]'s arm in the Senate. There, he uncovered the Lockheed Bribery scandal.<ref>https://www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/man-pulled-trigger-scandal/</ref>
The committee also learned of [[Operation Mockingbird]], the extent of infiltration and control of American media and the press to influence American public opinion and perceptions about CIA activities.
The committee also learned of [[Operation Mockingbird]], the extent of infiltration and control of American media and the press to influence American public opinion and perceptions about CIA activities.
===Later career===
===Later career===
Church sponsored a "conscience clause" that prohibited the government from requiring church-affiliated hospitals to perform abortions.<ref>[https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL34703.html The History and Effect of Abortion Conscience Clause Laws]</ref> Regarding the clause to the Church Amendment, he said, "It clears up any ambiguity in the present law by making it explicitly clear that it is not the intention of Congress to mandate religious hospitals to perform operations that are contrary to deeply held religious beliefs."<ref>
Church sponsored a "conscience clause" that prohibited the government from requiring church-affiliated hospitals to perform abortions.<ref>[https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL34703.html The History and Effect of Abortion Conscience Clause Laws]</ref> Regarding the clause to the Church Amendment, he said, "It clears up any ambiguity in the present law by making it explicitly clear that it is not the intention of Congress to mandate religious hospitals to perform operations that are contrary to deeply held religious beliefs."<ref>