Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. The rule in question, HUD's rule, is intended to help communities more fully comply with the law and to avoid costly and time-consuming legal challenges. The charge that this rule injects HUD into local planning and zoning conditions is simply inaccurate. Nor does it set up additional hurdles to Federal funding. That is inaccurate too. The rule allows for communities to better understand local conditions and to create locally decided and implemented solutions. I don't understand why we would want to revert back to a standard that relied on drawn-out litigation rather than simply presenting communities up front with information on local housing conditions and letting them address their needs. I know my local officials prefer community developed solutions over decrees that are judicially imposed. With that, I yield to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison), a distinguished member of the Financial Services Committee, to express his opposition to this amendment.”