Political Quotes

“let me compliment my colleague, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Harris) as the primary sponsor of this bill and let me compliment the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Ney) for his leadership on this issue. We do a lot of things in this institution, Mr. Speaker. We argue about a lot of issues, but every now and then we manage to find something we agree on. Every now and then we manage to find something that has enormous bipartisan appeal. And that is how we have arrived at H.R. 1276. Whether it is in the district of the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) or my district or the district of the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Harris), wherever you go in this country, the American dream is very much expressed in terms of whether or not people have a chance to own a home. As the gentleman from Ohio (Chairman Ney) said earlier, for the overwhelming majority of people in this country of ours, the only tool of wealth they will ever have, the only significant assets they will ever have is a home.”