Barney Frank: “this rule is terribly unfair. The gentleman from Ohio said, well, this is how we treat tax bills. But this is hardly a…”

“this rule is terribly unfair. The gentleman from Ohio said, well, this is how we treat tax bills. But this is hardly a tax bill. There is a very small piece of it that is tax related. The great bulk of it is the social service aspect. It is very important. I am very proud of the work I have done with faith-based groups. I care a lot about housing, and the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has a wonderful record in housing. In area after area, I have been proud to cooperate with them. But none of those organizations have told me that they needed the right to discriminate or ignore State and local anti-discrimination laws. That is what this bill does. I will insert into the Record here pages from the transcript which will show the chairman of the committee acknowledging that it preempts State and local anti-discrimination laws, and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Scarborough) explaining why it is important that Jewish groups be allowed to discriminate in the serving of soup by not hiring non-Jews. I disagree with both of those. I wish we had ample time to debate them. Mr. Frank. There are further questions that we have. There is also this list, the non-discrimination statutes, that must be followed. They are the Federal statutes.…”