Rep. Corrine Brown: “I am certainly hoping that everybody from Florida will take a real close look at this proposal because I do not think it…”

I cannot begin to explain how important this legislation is to the homeless service providers in our hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. Unless this legislation is passed and signed into law, two long-time agencies will stop serving their…

I did not support it because it did not include almost any of those elements that we are discussing here tonight.

I know this is not a perfect bill, but it is the perfect beginning. I say that over and over again because, as I stand here today, 27,000 of my constituents' votes were thrown out because of old equipment. Do my colleagues hear me…

I want the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. McKinney) to know that this is a very touchy situation for me, because so much happened in Florida. In fact, former President Jimmy Carter said that if Florida had been any other country, it would…