Doug Bereuter: “I think they are entirely appropriate. There is a long history for it. The problem I have and I suspect that most…”

“I think they are entirely appropriate. There is a long history for it. The problem I have and I suspect that most Members have is what you are deleting. Some Members on this side of the aisle, including myself, feel very strongly that the language which says 'the Federal Government cannot, through direct action or involvement, provide for the housing of every American citizen or even a majority' is an important change. But there is absolutely nothing that is contestable, in my judgment, with what you are suggesting in the way of the goal of our Nation that all citizens have decent, affordable housing. Our Nation should promote the goal of providing decent, affordable housing and so on and so forth, through State, local, Federal action and private action which you describe in several ways. Is it not possible for us to reach an agreement on this subject or do we have an impossible difference of opinion here so that you simply do not strike line 20 on page 5 through line 2 on page 6, but you add back or you add language which we have accepted in this country for a long period of time.”