John Hostettler: “throughout the debate on the resolution before this House, there has been much discussion of the opinions of experts''…”

once again I would like to thank the committee for the legislation that is before us and that we are moving in the right way. The amendment that I offer at this time strikes the language in this bill that gives preferential treatment to…

And I can understand that concern, but let me remind you that the awards act came in 1976. In 1962, the United States Supreme Court struck down the notion of school prayer without the attorneys fees award act. In 1963, the Supreme Court…

In 1962, in Engel v. Vitale, the United States Supreme Court said, 14 years before the attorneys fees award act was put into place, that the state sanctioning of prayer in public schools was unconstitutional. In 1963, 13 years before the…

Mr. Chairman, in short, we are talking a lot today about values, a very ambiguous time, from time to time, but in fact, Mr. Chairman, with the blood, sweat and tears of our men and women in uniform, they have bought the freedom of the…