This bill has broad, bipartisan support because it addresses pragmatically the very real housing and transportation needs of American families across all regions of the Nation. Rather than endorse the many arbitrary and destructive cuts called for in the administration's budget, we worked in this bill to target our limited resources on getting citizens out of traffic jams and home to their families; keeping our low-income tenants in their homes and out of shelters; providing housing for the elderly and the disabled; investing in crumbling infrastructure, and improving safety on our runways, highways, and railways.
Patty Murray: “This bill has broad, bipartisan support because it addresses pragmatically the very real housing and transportation…”
On the recordSeptember 10, 2007
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Discussing the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill during Senate debate.
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