Political Quotes

“I include in the Record a letter from the National Association of Home Builders in opposition to the bill due to the expansion of Federal building codes without meaningful provisions to safeguard housing affordability. National Association of Home Builders, Washington, DC, September 21, 2020. Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Speaker Pelosi and Leader McCarthy: On behalf of the more than 140,000 members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), I am writing to express strong opposition to H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act. Any expansion of the federal government's authority in the code development process without meaningful provisions to safeguard housing affordability is invasive, unnecessary, and unwise. NAHB has designated opposition to H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act. as a key vote. H.R. 4447 undermines the independence of the consensus- based code development process by expanding the federal government's role and authority. This legislation mandates that the Department of Energy (DOE) establish national energy savings targets for residential construction. After the consensus codes-writing bodies approve a new model code, DOE is mandated to submit proposals directly to the code developer, absent of stakeholder input, if DOE deems the federal target has not been met by the model code.…”