Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Just to correct the gentleman that the church would have to buy insurance to cover abortion, the church is…”

“Just to correct the gentleman that the church would have to buy insurance to cover abortion, the church is completely--every church is completely--exempt from this law. Or, as he indicated, that a pro- choice group would have to hire a candidate who believes in abortion, on the contrary, a pro-choice group can ask a candidate if that candidate is willing to carry out the mission of the organization against abortion, and if that candidate has any compunction, that candidate can, indeed, be refused employment; and if such a person is on staff, that person can be fired. You cannot be on somebody's staff and then take a position against the mission of that business or organization. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney), my good friend.”