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The HOME Program and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation are two programs that cater to nonprofits and Community Development Corporations that have successfully changed neighborhoods in tangible, real ways. The CDC's that utilize the…
this amendment restores funding for a very effective and broadly supported program known as the Community Development Block Grant Program. This amendment adds $300 million to CDBG. The budget authority offsets are taken from two accounts…
The Perry Point VA Medical Center was a priority in fiscal year 1996. However, it never received any funding. The administration did not include Perry Point VA in its fiscal year 1997 budget. I recognize the gentleman's concern and I can…
The 6th and 7th Circuits found--after the implementation of HUD's rule--that the Fair Housing Act applies to property insurance, while the 4th Circuit found--before the rule--that it does not. I would also say to the gentleman that it is…
I do not want to leave the wrong impression for the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Stokes], for our work has led to a great deal of agreement across the board with a variety and mix of difficult issues, but, yes, I am aware that on this issue…
I want to say to my friend that while these are very difficult areas, I think the gentleman will agree and acknowledge that the administration very strongly supports NASA's work as well. NASA has been a leader in reinventing and reforming…
I rise with very, very great reluctance to oppose this amendment, and I want to take a moment to explain to my colleagues my involvement with issues such as this over a number of years. I am not sure that many of the Members realize this…
with that kind of automatic increase, therefore, it is even more important that we plan for the future. The section 8 certificate, voucher and project-based programs serve some 2,750,000 households. Of these families, 40 percent are…
I could not admire more the work of these two gentlemen in terms of the efforts they make in that Committee on Appropriations on behalf of the country. There is not a responsibility at the Federal level that is more important, more…
I am today introducing the California Homeowner Earthquake Protection Act, legislation granting tax-exempt status on State authorities established for the purpose of providing earthquake insurance. As a 30-year insurance professional the…
I want to especially express my appreciation to my friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Calvert], who brought this amendment to my attention in the first place. In our region in southern California, manufactured housing is a very…
I have long championed our second amendment right to bear arms. Time after time, I have voted against misguided attempts to limit or restrict our rights to buy and own guns or ammunition. As you may know, I have strongly opposed and voted…
Indeed, it is my work on the Select Committee on Intelligence that has caused me to believe that we are right on the verge of peace in our time. There is a hope for peace in the world, because of some of the things that America is about…
Mr. Chairman, let me say this: Beginning with an important point to me, it is my privilege now serving on the Committee on Appropriations, to serve on the Subcommittee on National Security that is before us today. But I also serve with my…
I agree very strongly with those who are concerned about our deficit and the importance of moving toward a balanced budget. Having said that, I feel very strongly about local government and State running a lot more than the Federal…
I rise simply to say that the statement of the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] is one of the finer statements I have ever heard on this floor. Mr. Chairman, just sending money without worrying about quality is what has been…
In those circumstances, without that force available, if those Scuds had been accurate, potentially thousands of American lives could have been lost. The gentleman has articulate very well in our committee the fact that just two B-2's can…
the gentleman has been a leader in this field for a long, long time, and as the former authorizing committee chairman, he knows full well that Superfund has not been reauthorized and so we are operating with a statute that all sides agree…
let me say that it is truly a privilege for me to serve on the subcommittee of appropriations that deals with our national defense. There is little question that the gentleman from Washington is one of the House's experts in this entire…
Mr. Chairman, I might mention at the tail end of that discussion between the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Dingell] and the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Oxley] that we are allocated only so many dollars within our bill, very difficult dollars…
I do want the House to know that my colleague from Massachusetts brings up a very, very important point. It is an item that I have been concerned about in my own county in California. Literally, it is not our objective, as we try to…
I certainly hope it is the last word, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman and my colleagues, I do not intend to take a lot of time, and I certainly want to join my friend, the gentleman from California [Mr. Fazio], in expressing our sensitivity…
In the spirit of that I say to the gentleman, Mr. Fazio, I appreciate what you've said. I've attempted to communicate with the Park Service. They have been nonresponsive. Let me say that indeed if we make this change, if it goes forward…
I want the Members to understand very clearly that this rescission did not reflect in any way, shape, or form a lack of concern for this problem. This Member takes no back seat to any Member regarding this issue. I introduced the first…
The fact is that the rescission that was proposed initially essentially said that the House-passed appropriations bill from last year was the bill we wanted to support. The rescissions involved add-ons on the Senate side. If there was pork…
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