[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 10 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            RENT IS TOO HIGH

  (Mr. BOWMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOWMAN. Madam Speaker, the rent is too damn high. The rent is too 
damn high. We have people across the country struggling to keep a roof 
over their heads.
  We are the wealthiest Nation in the history of the world, outside of 
ancient African civilizations, yet we cannot provide housing for every 
single person in our country.
  We have CEOs making record profits. We have corporations making 
record profits. We have corporate landlords suppressing and oppressing 
and evicting tenants without just cause while continuing to raise the 
rent.
  We call on President Biden to take executive action on this issue. We 
do not have a healthy democracy or a healthy society unless we take 
care of our tenants and our working-class people who are working 40, 
50, 60, 70 hours a week just to survive.

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