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Rick Lazio: let me say, when we spend $37 billion additional dollars, which is over half of the increase in discretionary spending…

On the recordMay 6, 1997
let me say, when we spend $37 billion additional dollars, which is over half of the increase in discretionary spending, to meet the needs for affordable housing where we subsidize units that does not run with the people, that means every time somebody vacates that unit, it opens up for new people to come in and to get the benefit of that assisted housing. So it means that literally tens of thousands of Americans, in addition to who we are serving right now, will be able to get the benefit of that situation.
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Rick Lazio
New York

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Discussing the impact of increased funding for affordable housing.

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