Melvin Watt: “There is a major inconsistency between my amendment and what is in the bill. I just want to make people aware of that.…”

“There is a major inconsistency between my amendment and what is in the bill. I just want to make people aware of that. The bill says the Federal Government cannot through its action provide for the housing of every American citizen or even a majority of the citizens. All I am trying to do is put the goal back in the bill that we have had as national housing policy for 50 years. So it is that language that I want taken out of the bill. I put all of the rest of the language back in of the gentleman from New York [Mr. Lazio]. So if you want to agree to this, stand up and tell us, or stand up and tell the American people that you do not support that as a goal of the Federal housing policy of this country.”