and that was true of sherbert and that was true of yoder. the and the cutter case, and this court made it very clear, that the accommodation has to be balanced and you have to take into account other significant interests. >> right. but that actually brings me to my third point, which is those other significant interests that carry the most weight have to be independent of the very statute that's at issue in the case and that the party seeks an exemption from. so if you think about the caldor case, there the court was concerned with the third-party burdens on, say, an employee who had a seniority right to take the weekends off. so he or she had an independent right to take the weekend off, and the government policy was coming in and displacing this. >> i'm not sure that squares with lee. the statute created the right to social security, and there the court said you can't deprive employees of a statutory right because of your religious beliefs. so lee is contrary to the point you're making. >> there, too, i have to respectfully disagree, beca

and that was true of sherbert and that was true of yoder. the and the cutter case, and this court made it very clear, that the accommodation has to be balanced and you have to take into account other significant interests. >> right. but that actually brings me to my third point, which is those other significant interests that carry the most weight have to be independent of the very statute that's at issue in the case and that the party seeks an exemption from. so if you think about the caldor case, there the court was concerned with the third-party burdens on, say, an employee who had a seniority right to take the weekends off. so he or she had an independent right to take the weekend off, and the government policy was coming in and displacing this. >> i'm not sure that squares with lee. the statute created the right to social security, and there the court said you can't deprive employees of a statutory right because of your religious beliefs. so lee is contrary to the point you're making. >> there, too, i have to respectfully disagree, beca

the honda civic then blasted out the side door the yoder obviously still in shock 20 chocolates and yesterday. >> : everything. are geared something you feel just like this is a miracle >> : yes >> : does a couple stresses on his forehead does what the guy he bought the car three days ago. you sleeping in it because he typically arrives at work early to be traffic then takes a little map. they're now investigating the explosion trend figure out if there was gas inside the cancer while is being compressed may be that caused it to take off. >> : to men accused of a mass shooting less sunday and san fransico pleaded not guilty. eight people were injured in the shooting. chris warren and earl jones the shooting happened after an argument. his victims were hospitalized a letter released. suspects were held on for million-dollar bail. back in court next week. developing tonight here general motors recall is getting bigger. another 824,000 cars have been added. this is because of problems with the ignition switch 1.4 million cars already on a less made to the model year of 2000 at 7. now to thousand

yoder: senator bob dole has spent his life in service to the american people as a soldier, he served as a member of this house, senate, and ran for president. we in kansas are so very proud of senator dole's legacy as our native son. 10 years ago the university of kansas, my alma mater, completed construction and opened to the public the robert j. dole institute of politics on k.u.'s beautiful west campus. its official mission is promote political and civil participation, as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan balanced manner, end quote. this is precisely what senator dole stood for in his career and what his legacy, the dole institute, promotes today. we all congratulate the university of kansas on the 10-year niff of the dole institute and congratulate and continue our appreciation for senator dole and all the work he does for his state of kansas and his country. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee seek recognition? the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. blackburn: thank you,

government to the kind of the seventh-day adventist case stated or the supreme court in wisconsin versus yoder we cannot allow our child to remain in public schools after eighth grade because they need to be reintegrated into the community. testimonyto hear the of the children in that case. one child testified and said it was what they wanted to do. they want to be part of the community and the congress overwhelmingly rebuke to the supreme court of the united states and upheld the standard that the court had rejected in case.yote >> i worked on drafting some of the language of the religious freedom restoration act. one of the cases that led to it was also the case of a jewish psychologist who had testified and was told that he could not wear it. rehnquist reaffirmed that. many in christian communities got together and the beauty of some of the issues is that they do focus on celebrity -- they do focus on religion where they sacrifice. the amish cases, these are not majority religions. nothing between the --r of establishment and the two nights from now i will be speaking to a group in new york

yoder. the farm bill historically has been looked at as a safety net to both farmers and for farming and for nutrition and quite honestly that this was really the renting of that historic bipartisan safety net and i'll tell you why in this regard. you see, the farming and ranching community was in the farm bill. when you had talked about the cut in direct payments, then what occurred was an increase in crop insurance opportunities and then, secondly, there was instituted something called shallow loss protection to deal with commodities. now -- so there are places in the farm bill where farmers, ranchers can go to make sure that the safety net isn't rented, with regard to the food stamp beneficiary. they have nowhere else to go. nowhere else to go. when you cut 1.7 million people and you say we're going to cut your food stamp benefit by $90 a month, they can't deal with shallow loss. they're not dealing with crop insurance. so this was a false construct in this farm bill. let me just ask and

is the yoder involving an amish family that said we really cannot allow our child to remain in the publicchools of wisconsin after the eighth grade. they need to be reintegrated into the community. a very eloquent, partial dissent by william o. douglas who said i need to hear the testimony of the children. one testified said, yes, this is what i want to do, i want to be part of the amish community. and the congress of the united states overwhelmingly rebuked the supreme court of the united states and, essentially, restored the standard that the court had rejected in the peyote case. >> well, i actually worked on drafting some of the language of the religious restoration act and very, very strongly support it. one of the cases that led to it was also the case of a jewish psychologist who had testified wearing a -- [inaudible] and had been told he couldn't wear it, and the supreme court, in an opinion by chief justice rehnquist, affirmed that. and so this was a situation where many in the jewish community, many in christian communities all got together. and beauty of the act and some of the