[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1990]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. AL GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 26, 2007

  Mr. AL GREEN  of Texas. Madam Speaker, I was unavoidably detained on 
September 18th and missed Rollcall Vote 876 on passage of H.R. 1852, 
the Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  This legislation makes great strides in allowing the Federal Housing 
Administration to reach a greater number of borrowers seeking 
homeownership by increasing loan limits to keep pace with the rising 
cost of homes, and it offers new, important protections to borrowers 
who are vulnerable to exploitation in the subprime and predatory loan 
markets.
  The bill also includes numerous other strong measures to help address 
our Nation's affordable housing crisis, and I would like to express my 
gratitude for this bill's passage in the House.

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