Rick Lazio: “in yesterday's New York Times, an editorial was published which was entitled ``A Win-Win On Housing.'' It was really…”

“in yesterday's New York Times, an editorial was published which was entitled ``A Win-Win On Housing.'' It was really written about the public housing bill that had been passed by the House and the Senate and was on its way to the President for signature, but it could well have been written about this bill as well, because this is indeed a win-win on housing. We have worked closely with the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. LaFalce). We have incorporated ideas from many people, ranging from the administration. I want to particularly salute Bill Apgar, who is the FHA Commissioner, for his constructive work with this committee, with the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach), the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney) and the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Baker), two important members of our committee, and the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Redmond), who had input and helped draft provisions that dealt with native American housing, all of whom were very significant in terms of moving this forward.”