Rick Lazio: “Mr. Chairman, first let me commend my colleague from New York for bringing this entire bill forward and the incredibly…”

“Mr. Chairman, first let me commend my colleague from New York for bringing this entire bill forward and the incredibly good work that he and his committee have done, and let me assure him that when my amendment is added to this bill, it will in no means make it less likely that it is to be signed by the President. The last time I checked, the consumer groups were not the ones controlling the Senate or the conference and that in fact this amendment is most likely to come through the Senate and the House conference intact and survive in order to provide real relief for the owners and purchasers of these manufactured housing. Bottom line is, my amendment would put real teeth into regulatory relief, would require common sense to be used by HUD in developing standards for safe manufactured housing, would avoid the disastrous regulations in the past that have increased the cost of this housing by 10, 20 percent at a leap, and would finally do something for working men and women in this country who want a chance to have the American dream, to afford their own home, many of them for the first time. We need to pass this amendment for their sake.”