Melvin Watt: “basically what we have done in the bill is to acknowledge, as the…”

On the recordMay 8, 1996

basically what we have done in the bill is to acknowledge, as the original bill does, that the Federal Government cannot alone accomplish all of the housing objectives that we all have as a Nation. We have added to that the goal, the specific language that is in the original Watt amendment, which says that our Nation should promote the goal of providing decent and affordable housing, and the rest of the language that was in the original amendment, and we have acknowledged that the Federal Government can pursue this policy. So I think all our hearts and minds are at peace on this.

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Melvin Watt

North Carolina

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing housing objectives and the role of the Federal Government in a legislative bill.

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Melvin Watt: “basically what we have done in the bill is to acknowledge, as the original bill does, that the Federal Government cannot…”

Editor's note · Context