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On the recordMarch 21, 1994
will there be a lessening of the amount of section 8 housing that will be available under any of the provisions of this bill?
Said by
Sidney Yates
Democratic · Illinois

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Questioning the impact of a bill on section 8 housing availability.

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Inasmuch as I have the time, I would say to the gentlewoman, I recognize it as having a very substantial effect upon the problems of the Treasury and of housing. It is a drain. But these people have no place else to live.

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