Richard Baker

My concern, beyond the procedural elements that have been referred to here just a moment ago, is the perceived effect of the amendment as I have read it. Although I understand the author's intention is to only limit the appropriation of…

Does the gentleman mean these people are telling us if somebody goes to work they want them to be able to keep the money?

We are characterizing local public housing authorities across this country as people who do not care about those people. By and large, are not most of these individuals who serve on these authorities either very low paid or volunteers…

Does that mean, if the gentleman will continue to yield, that if we keep the current system in place, we discourage people from getting job skills and going to work and maybe one day moving out of public housing? Is that the problem?

I just want to point out, it has again been missed, that housing director after housing director after public housing authority board member has contacted Members of this Congress and said, ``Please, give us some relief from the Brooke…

I am trying to understand. Apparently all the discussion has been unable to make our case quite clearly. Is it the circumstance, in the gentleman's opinion, if a working family is in public housing today and mom is at home, and they…

It is unfortunate, but all we can conclude when we look at the inventory of housing provided by our Nation today to the working poor of America, you can only reach one conclusion. It is sad, but the U.S. Government is the world's largest…