Political Quotes

I think this amendment really goes to the heart of the debate over how public housing should be managed in America. There is probably nothing more volatile with working families in America today than the thought that someone would be in…

I would like first to commend the gentleman from Louisiana for his efforts in this matter and point out that there is one other aspect of this amendment I think most important. The debate to date has been centered about the effect of…

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?

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…