[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 121 (Tuesday, July 25, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            HUD PROGRAM CUTS

  (Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, the $7 billion cut from HUD's 1996 
budget will decimate Federal housing programs when housing needs are at 
their worst, particularly among families with children.
  In 1993 alone, 5.6 million family households were in need of housing. 
And, every night, 600,000 households are homeless.
  These proposed cuts will cause much needless pain and suffering.
  A $700 million cut in public housing authority operating budgets will 
result in increased rents and deterioration of public housing.
  These, cuts will also reduce existing housing levels for the elderly, 
the disabled, and persons with AIDS.
  Finally, these cuts prevent distressed communities from leveraging 
private investment for economic development to improve life in these 
areas.
  This Republican proposal is fused with fact and fiction. The fiction 
is that these cuts are necessary in order to reduce the Federal 
deficit, and that all of us must share the pain. The fact is there will 
be no pain sharing. The rich will get richer and the poor Americans 
will pay the price.

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