Donald M. Payne: “I strongly believe that the Democratic substitute does two important things: one, it supports ongoing participation of…”

“I strongly believe that the Democratic substitute does two important things: one, it supports ongoing participation of faith-based providers and Community Service Block Grant programs; and, two, it restores basic civil rights protection for families and employees who benefit from participating in Federally funded Community Service Block Grant programs. It was interesting to listen to the earlier discussion when one of the previous Members on the Republican side said that we Members of Congress on our side ask what religion people are before we hire them. I was pretty shocked. I do not know if I know the religion of any of my staff members. I do not even know if they are religious. So we do get revelations here when we have these discussions. And it does, once again, show the difference between the ideologues who are holier than thou when in their employment they are going to find out what religion you are before you can be hired.”