Political Quotes

“It is always a preeminent privilege to be in the company of Chairwoman Waters, especially when she has taken up a cause that is not only worthy but noble. I greatly appreciate what she is doing tonight. I would say this, housing is infrastructure, and housing is infrastructure for a multiplicity of reasons. I neglected to say ``and still I rise.'' And still I rise to talk about housing is infrastructure. Housing is infrastructure. If we traverse the highways and byways across our country, in our urban areas, we will find persons who are sleeping under overpasses, sleeping under bridges, sleeping along the roads, the roadways. Overpasses and bridges have become housing. The infrastructure itself now has become housing. It is my belief that if an overpass can become housing, which is infrastructure, then the housing itself can be infrastructure. It is time for us to fully fund these housing programs. I would mention but one that I think is very important to us, and that is the housing choice voucher program. This is an important program, because I had my staff to compile some statistical information for me, and here is what they have called to my attention. We need to know who actually benefits. Over 40 percent of these voucher recipients are households with children, 29 percent are the elderly, and 36 percent are nonelderly people with disabilities.…”