Major Owens: “You have not even mentioned health care, the fact that after they get off AFDC, they cannot get Medicaid, they do not…”

I rise in support of the Unsoeld amendment. I do not want to be redundant, but this is not an amendment about values, this is an amendment about micromanaging and local control. Monstrous, monumental micromanagement would have to take…

They become record clerks, x-ray technicians. There are a number of jobs where they can come out of the program and not only get a job immediately in the New York City area or the Brooklyn area, they can go anywhere in the country, because…

Crime in public housing developments certainly deserves special attention. A tiny percentage of criminal predators prey upon the overwhelming majority of hard-working families in public housing. Periodic police sweeps of public areas and…

I rise in support of the Congressional Black Caucus alternative budget. This is the most moderate budget we have ever submitted. However, we do take small steps in the right direction. We take steps in the direction of providing more funds…