[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 52 (Thursday, March 29, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HOMES FOR HEROES ACT

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to say thank you to the 
many persons who supported the Homes for Heroes Act that passed the day 
before yesterday. This is an important piece of legislation that will 
place a person in HUD whose sole responsibility it is to monitor 
homelessness among our veterans. We believe that in solving the 
homelessness problem, we can also solve a lot of other problems that 
they have.
  I would like to thank all of the persons on the committee, especially 
my chairman of the committee, Mr. Bachus; my ranking member, Mr. Frank; 
Ms. Waters, who has helped me for years with this legislation. I would 
like to thank Mrs. Biggert and Mr. Gutierrez, the chair and ranking 
member of the subcommittee. I would also thank Mr. Cantor, because I 
did have a chance to visit with him about this, and he helped to 
promote this legislation. Ms. Pelosi, of course, is a big supporter of 
our veterans, as is the case with Mr. Hoyer.
  Also, one additional person that was very helpful, Mr. Hensarling. He 
and I had a great conversation about this, and he was very supportive 
and mentioned it in open mic at one of our hearings. So I thank 
everyone. Our veterans are better served.
  God bless the United States of America and thank God for our 
veterans.

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