Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend, Mr. Vargas from California, for his strong support of this bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. De La Cruz), who is the lead sponsor of the bill. Ms. De La CRUZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 224, the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act. Veterans, particularly disabled veterans, have made extraordinary sacrifices for our Nation, and it is simply unacceptable that those who selflessly defended our freedoms are met with bureaucratic red tape when they return home. Government overregulation should never stand in the way of veterans' ability to receive the help they need. That is what this legislation will fix. Due to inconsistencies in the way income eligibility is determined for Community Development Block Grant assistance, a veteran could be disqualified simply because their service-connected disability compensation is counted as income in one case but excluded in another. This simply doesn't make sense. This is the result of HUD currently allowing multiple different definitions of income for CDBG assistance, some of which count service- connected disability received from the VA as income while one does not. To put it more simply, the same veteran who may have been disqualified for assistance could very well be eligible if the grantee would only have used the proper definition of income.…”