Well, this is tricky, he puts faith into reason. Almost like cause and effect. So he'll give reasons that back up his faith. And faith that is backed up by reason, get it?
Do not confuse the words affect, effect, and impact, each of which can be used both as a verb and as a noun. Avoid incorrectly using impact as a verb in place of affect or as a noun in place of effect. Affect as a verb means "to influence." Impact as a verb means "to hit with a blow".
The answer would be C, "actors", because it describes the subject "we" more thoroughly, and that is actually the function of the appositive within a sentence. "Committee" is an indirect object, "we" is a subject, and "award" is a direct object.