[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 35 (Wednesday, March 9, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   ADDRESSING THE CRIES OF THE NATION

  (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, we know that the economy is getting 
better. We know the job numbers are getting better, but we're still not 
there. We still have not addressed the cries of the people of this 
great Nation.
  We do know that essential to addressing the cries is a sense of 
public confidence, and tied to that public confidence is something that 
is essential to everyone, and that is feeling safe in your home and 
being able to provide for your family. That is what two bills are about 
to address in this legislative body, two bills that should not pass--
the attempts by the Republicans to defund two major programs that 
address what the people want and what the people need.
  One, of course, is the Federal Housing Administration's Refinance 
Program and the other is the Emergency Homeowner Loan Program. That's 
for people who are without jobs through no fault of their own, either 
through unemployment or just simply medical conditions. Thirty thousand 
to 50,000 people were to be helped with that particular program. The 
other one is, of course, the underwater loan. Sixty-seven percent of 
homes in Nevada fall in that category; 25 percent in the Nation.
  Mr. Speaker, let's concentrate on giving people public confidence and 
hope in the future.

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