Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Our colleague does make solid points about the importance of manufactured housing, about the serviceability of it, about the access of it, about the affordability. There are many, many aspects about manufactured housing that lend themselves to our constituents at various income levels. He asks why we would possibly want any kind of consumer protections enacted at the Federal level in this business, though. I think the answer to that is pretty obvious: It is about safety and security. It is about protecting consumers who put good money down for these houses. That is not to say every rule, every protection is well-conceived. Possibly some need to be scrutinized and some need to be revised. But are we going to do it tonight on the floor of the House in an appropriations bill? I would hope not. That is not a good way to proceed. We, for one thing, have colleagues on the authorizing committee who have not had hearings, as far as I know, on these issues. We have not had people who live with these regulations in to talk about them or groups that look out for the consumers come in. We have very limited debate here tonight, with 5 minutes on each side. On that basis, we are going to wipe away carefully conceived consumer protections in the area of manufactured housing? {time} 2145 Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues not to go down this path. That is not to say we shouldn't consider these things.…”