William F. Goodling: “Absolutely. Since this is entirely a matter of State law, States are free to consider whatever mitigating circumstances…”

Right. Secondly, only the partnership gets the money. The church itself cannot get the money. The partnership that the church is working with gets the money, not the church itself.

On November 19, 1863, Mr. Speaker, President Abraham Lincoln delivered America's most famous speech during a brief visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, for the dedication of a military cemetery for the war dead. But what few people really…

First of all, the church cannot be a fiscal agent. They cannot, in our legislation, be a fiscal agent.

I am reminded each time that we were negotiating that both the President and the Secretaries were governors. Think in terms of being a governor, rather than being a Washington bureaucrat, and you will be offering far better solutions to…