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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.
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Rick Lazio
New York

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Discussing the challenges of affordable housing during a House debate.

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