On the recordMay 1, 1997
I want to go back to 1937 when Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted the legislation that put forth public housing in America. At that time and certainly some 60 years later some Americans are in need of public housing. Some Americans find themselves in need, as they did in 1937, to have the Federal Government assist them in safe, decent housing. As we debate H.R. 2, I stand here supporting the Jackson amendment. The objection which the Jackson amendment supports is the mandate. We do not have to mandate poor people to volunteer; they do that. Actually, public assistance people are already required by the welfare bill just passed to volunteer 25 hours. This 8 hours will be on top of that. What poor people want is a job. They do not want a handout, in spite of what you might think. This is an unfunded mandate. It would be a monster administratively for the public housing authorities even to administer this provision.
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