Barbara Mikulski: “First of all, I have very serious questions about the bill itself. The original bill that has been brought to the floor…”

“First of all, I have very serious questions about the bill itself. The original bill that has been brought to the floor takes care of the sharks and the whales, but it does not take care of the little people, the minnows. The Maryland General Assembly did more in their 90 day session that just adjourned than this body has been able to accomplish all year. When you look at that which will actually help ordinary people work their way out of the foreclosure mess, the legislation is quite Spartan. We lost the bankruptcy provision that would have allowed families to put the pieces back together. The original housing bill had $200 million going to the nonprofit agencies that are working every day with people in those communities to be able to work out their problems.”