Sidney Yates: “On this committee, we have been building those programs not only for years but for decades, and to take money that they…”

I certainly agree with the statement made by the distinguished gentleman from Illinois. My district also will suffer from the lack of Section 8 housing. As the gentleman said so eloquently, there is no shortage in the need for Section 8…

It is not my request. It was my understanding that the request was, would I agree to it? If the gentleman wants to continue at another stage of the bill, it is all right with me, but to place this in my pocket is the wrong approach. I…

I think that does not vitiate the error that took place in not having waived the rule of the House for NEA, as was done for the other programs. For 10 years we have brought our bill to the Committee on Rules asking for a waiver of all the…

I think what ought to be done is for the chairman and for me to take this problem into the conference and see if we can get more money, rather than to rearrange the way it is distributed; let us try to get more money so we can provide the…