Watson Coleman: “the champions of CDBG and Section 8 are the ranking member and…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2005

the champions of CDBG and Section 8 are the ranking member and chairman of the committee. We are in an awkward position. We are all trying to get to the same place. I accept those assurances. These programs are vitally important. We had over 68 votes for supporting full funding for CDBG when it first came up this year. We are all marching down the same path. I appreciate the work that the chairman and the ranking member have done and their commitment to look for more money when we get to conference.

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