Andy Barr: “I appreciate the gentleman's arguments in opposition. However, I would argue that the best consumer protection is…”

“I appreciate the gentleman's arguments in opposition. However, I would argue that the best consumer protection is competition and choice, and what these misguided regulations do is take away access, take away competition, take away choices for consumers. That is not consumer protection. It is certainly not consumer protection to say to rural Americans looking for access to affordable housing: You can't have access to a manufactured home. That is not consumer protection. That is hurting consumers. And what I would say also is that this is a bipartisan amendment. There are Members of the party on the other side of the aisle who recognize that in rural America and other places, we need a bipartisan fix to bureaucratic overreach, and these are new requirements that are not thoughtfully conceived, as the gentleman would argue. In fact, these are new requirements imposed without warning, without any evidence of consumer harm, without any thoughtful process at the agency. So, again, I would urge my colleagues to join us in a bipartisan amendment to fix a bureaucratic overreach, which denies low-income Americans with access to affordable housing. Why in the world would we tolerate the agency that is supposed to be the advocates of poor and low-income Americans denying them access to affordable housing? Support this bipartisan amendment, support low-income Americans, support rural Americans, and support manufactured housing. Mr.…”