Hon. George W. Gekas said "Whether or not the Brooke amendment of the past will obtain for the future depends on what we do here today. There is a resource that we have back at home that we ought to take advantage of in making up our minds as to how to finally vote on this measure, and that is the members of the authorities, the housing authorities, that have the responsibility and the initiative to deal with these problems on an everyday basis. They have to consider the tenants, the low-income status of those tenants, the problems of drug dealers on the premises, the costs of overhead, a thousand different problems that we do not consider when we vote on the larger questions that are involved. I believe that we ought to call our authorities' people and find out how they think on these matters." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 9, 1996

Whether or not the Brooke amendment of the past will obtain for the future depends on what we do here today. There is a resource that we have back at home that we ought to take advantage of in making up our minds as to how to finally vote on this measure, and that is the members of the authorities, the housing authorities, that have the responsibility and the initiative to deal with these problems on an everyday basis. They have to consider the tenants, the low-income status of those tenants, the problems of drug dealers on the premises, the costs of overhead, a thousand different problems that we do not consider when we vote on the larger questions that are involved. I believe that we ought to call our authorities' people and find out how they think on these matters.

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Hon. George W. Gekas

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the housing bill and the importance of consulting local housing authorities.

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