David Price: “I thank the chairman for yielding time to me, and I join him in opposition to this amendment. There are some conflicting…”

“I thank the chairman for yielding time to me, and I join him in opposition to this amendment. There are some conflicting accounts about what the underlying bill would do. Certainly there has been an attempt to contain the damage in the bill. Some groups like the National Low Income Housing Coalition, however, estimate that housing vouchers would be lost under the current bill, and then we have this amendment? This amendment would compound many times whatever problems are involved in the legislation. It would have a horrible impact on low-income families. The gentleman has asserted here tonight that veterans wouldn't be harmed, that the disabled wouldn't be harmed, the elderly wouldn't be harmed. Read the amendment. Where is any of this stated? How can he make such statement? All these groups and more would be harmed. Mr. Chair, I urge this amendment's rejection.”