03/11/2014
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"this is a provision based on a law that we adopted in Oregon when I was Speaker that worked incredibly well."
"I just want to note that a 'for example' is that we spend $80 billion-plus in the home mortgage interest deduction to promote homeownership, but almost none of that goes to lower income families buyin..."
"the fiscal year 2013 enacted amount was $682 million, so roughly a 50-percent decrease in those block grants."
"This is an effort to address a significant area in southern Oregon, where you have a complicated set of rivers and dams and species."