I stand as a cosponsor of this amendment, and it is a good amendment. No church in America should be denied the opportunity to participate in a developing community. The amendment that the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul) and I are offering today is to say that no community development block grant funds can be used to take any church, unless that church is involved and does agree in that selection. With that, Mr. Chairman, this is a good amendment. I commend the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Paul) for bringing it to my attention.
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “I stand as a cosponsor of this amendment, and it is a good amendment. No church in America should be denied the…”
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Discussing an amendment related to community development block grant funds and church participation.
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