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Maxine Waters: “This bill is about stabilizing families who have been displaced because of a natural disaster. These are people who are…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2007
This bill is about stabilizing families who have been displaced because of a natural disaster. These are people who are trying to return home. The people that he is referring to are people who come from various walks of life. Some of them do work, even though they live in public housing. Some of them are on fixed income, some are elderly, some are disabled and some of them are in welfare programs already. This amendment is not needed. It is not proper. It is not the time that should be utilized to try and do something that really has already been taken care of in welfare reform. We should be about the business of returning people to their homes.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Discussing a bill aimed at stabilizing families displaced by natural disasters.

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