COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida STEVEN SCHIFF, New Mexico FRED HEINEMAN, North Carolina STEVE CHABOT, Ohio MICHAEL PATRICK FLANAGAN, Illinois BOB BARR, Georgia JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina ALAN F. COFFEY, JR., General Counsel/Staff Director JULIAN EPSTEIN, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois MARTIN R. HOKE, Ohio BOB GOODLATTE, Virginia BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts MELVIN L. WATT, North Carolina JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado MAXINE WATERS, California KATHRYN A. HAZEEM, Chief Counsel CONTENTS HEARING DATE OPENING STATEMENT Birch, Elizabeth, executive director, Human Rights Campaign Fallon, Representative Edward, Iowa State House of Representatives McDonald, Nancy, national vice president, Parents, Families, and Friends Musgrave, Representative Marilyn, Colorado State House of Representatives. Saperstein, Rabbi David, director and counsel, Religious Action Center of Tom, Representative Terrance, Hawaii State House of Representatives LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE HEARING Arkes, Hadley, Edward Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institu- Chambers, Senator Ernest, Nebraska State Senate: Prepared statement Holland, Maurice J., professor of law, University of Oregon School of Law: McDonald, Nancy, national vice president, Parents, Families, and Friends 136 40 Prager, Dennis, author and radio talk show commentator, KABC, Los Ange- 128 Sensenbrenner, Hon. F. James, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the Sullivan, Andrew, editor, the New Republic: Prepared statement ......... Tom, Representative Terrance, Hawaii State House of Representatives: Pre- Wardle, Lynn D., professor of law, Brigham Young University Law School: Whyman, Representative Deborah, Michigan State House of Representatives: APPENDIX Letter dated May 14, 1996, to Chairman Henry J. Hyde, from Assistant Attorney General Andrew Fois, Office of Legislative Affairs, Department of Justice |