Honorable Tammy Baldwin
United States Representative, Wisconsin, Democrat
Representative Baldwin, of the Second District of Wisconsin, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. She served on the Dane County (Wisconsin) Board of Supervisors from 1986 to 1994 and in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1992 to 1998. She is a member of the Budget and Judiciary Committees. The following is from the July 19, 2001, House floor debate on H.R. 7, the Community Solutions Act.This debate is about the fundamental relationship between a democratic government and religious institutions. The First Amendment has two purposes. First, it is designed to prevent the government from using its…
