06/08/2021
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"Much credit is owed to Ranking Member Merkley for his leadership on the Rural Energy Savings Program Act (RESPA)"
"This is rural affordable housing across America. We are talking about 260,000 units, 14,000 projects, which got shortchanged."
"Okay. Because otherwise, you have all these owners who we made a contract with, we left them hanging. That can bankrupt a company very, very, very quickly."
"We are encouraged that the Senate mark on this year's appropriation bill provides funding for that RESPA program."