Jerry Nadler: “It prohibits employment discrimination and preemption of State and local civil rights laws with Federal funds, it…”

“It prohibits employment discrimination and preemption of State and local civil rights laws with Federal funds, it provides offsets for the costs of the bill, it deletes the sweeping new provisions permitting agencies to convert more than $47 billion in government programs into private vouchers without congressional review, and it protects participants from religious coercion. If Members do not believe in employment discrimination and if they support the civil rights laws of their community, they should vote for the substitute. If Members are concerned about the administration having unfettered discretion to turn billions of dollars of social services into vouchers without any congressional review, they should vote for the substitute. If Members think that the charitable deductions established in this bill should be paid for by a slightly lower tax cut to the very wealthy, rather than by raiding the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, they should vote for the substitute. If Members are fiscal conservatives and think tax cuts must be paid for, they should vote for the substitute.”