Political Quotes

“This legislation, which both gentlemen from New York have worked on, in my judgment, is as good a piece of legislation as we have had on the floor this year for a variety of reasons. One is it is bipartisan. It is a piece of legislation which I think all of us are proud to be able to support and, hopefully, will get a great vote. Secondly, I think we all recognize that homeownership is the key element to stability in most families, and beyond families, a lot of individuals and a lot of others who want to live the American Dream. In this day of plenty it is pretty simple to think well, gee, homeownership is up, I think it is up to 67 percent now, and we do not have to worry about legislation such as this. But when we get behind the scenes and start to look at it, we start to see other problems.”