Political Quotes

“I do not think either of these bills is going to be the be all and end all in terms of solving the problems with respect to poor people or people in housing in general. But we have to look at which one would do better, and I come down strongly on the side of H.R. 2. I believe that we should look back to the welfare reform bill last year in which there were dire predictions by many people on this floor that this would be a disaster for the poor; if we pass this piece of legislation, they would be held poor forever and perhaps even poorer, and there would be all manner of problems in this country. Now I seem to read more and more articles and hear more and more people begin to say it has given hope and opportunity to individuals, and that may not be universally true, and I am sure it is not, and anecdotally there are probably stories against it. But the same thing is true, I think, of this housing bill.”