mr. chairman , i yield myself such time as i may consume just to correct the record . 
the gentlewoman who just spoke says that we eliminated a preference for veterans in this bill . 
the fact is that there is a preference for veterans written into the law . 
that has not changed at all . 
secondly , the gentlewoman said there are block grants in the underlying bill . 
there are no block grants . 
as a matter of fact , the targeting of funds to the local workforce boards in this bill is more structured than it is today under current law , so that at least 75 percent of the funds available back to the states must go to the local workforce investment boards . 
lastly , the gentlewoman said that we have discrimination in this bill . 
i would just remind the gentlewoman that when our predecessors wrote the 1964 civil rights act , they recognized in title vii that religious organizations ought to be protected in their hiring so that they would not be required to hire anybody that shows up , but could , if they wanted to , only hire those people within their faith . 
now , if people want to disagree with title vii of the 1964 civil rights act , they certainly have that right . 
they may go to the committee on the judiciary and change that law , but let us not try to do it in this bill . 
mr. chairman , i am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from georgia ( mr. price ) xz4006261 , a member of the committee ) . 
