Political Quotes

Rick Lazio: “I would tell the gentleman, we cannot do it alone. We are meeting the needs of only one out of every four people who are…”

On the recordMay 8, 1996
I would tell the gentleman, we cannot do it alone. We are meeting the needs of only one out of every four people who are otherwise eligible for affordable housing in this country. Let me tell the Members, of the one in four who are lucky enough to be in the lottery to get public housing, they are living in conditions where they cannot get themselves out, they cannot revert back to a good environment, their children cannot be raised in an environment where they can get a good quality of education and get a good job.
Said by
Rick Lazio
New York
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the challenges of affordable housing during a House debate.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Rick Lazio

Mar 17, 2015

Affirm tribal self-determination by giving tribes the ability and responsibility to strategically plan their own communities' culturally-relevant development.

congress.gov
Jan 13, 2014

And really in the end for Governor Christie, what he has to salvage coming out of all this is the perception that he is a straight-shooting, honest politician. And that's the most important thing that he has got to focus on.

transcripts.cnn.com
May 4, 2016

divisive comments have got to end. I'm going to use this leverage until you stop having a war on Republicans and start training fire on Democrats.

transcripts.cnn.com
Dec 9, 2015

There is a lot of fear out there, Anderson. There is a new poll also that came out today that says that the fear of domestic terrorism is an all-time high since 9/11.

transcripts.cnn.com
View all Rick Lazio quotes

Other voices in this conversation