Political Quotes

“again I want to thank Congressman Miller from California for bringing this resolution which continues to focus, of course, on June as homeownership month but continues to put this issue out on the table. We have done that with the Housing Opportunity Subcommittee through our ranking member. We were the first committee of the House to go to New Orleans and Gulfport, Mississippi, where, believe me, there are so many issues for people, but housing and shelter, not being in a shelter but housing and to be sheltered from the elements, were the number one issue down there. We have addressed, also, so many pieces of legislation, I think it has to make our committee feel good in the sense that they have done something. We won't know the faces or the names of people, in fact, that will now be able to have homeownership or with section 8 to be into apartments, we won't know who they are, but acts of the Congress, working together, which is the right thing to do, will help with the people's lives. I just want to, on a personal note, say I can remember after World War II, and my father came out of World War II, it took from that period of time to 1963 to, in fact, be able to save enough. And I have talked to the gentlelady about down payments. I am one who firmly believes that we should help people. Because to take 13 years to save for something, it is a long time.…”