[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 198 (Friday, December 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H6065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        NATIONAL HOUSING CRISIS

  (Mr. CARBAJAL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, on this first day of December, I rise 
today to point out that the people's House went the entire month of 
November without passing a bill to tackle our Nation's housing crisis.
  Communities on the California central coast are ranked as some of the 
most expensive places in our country to live in.
  I was sent to this Chamber by my constituents to enact policies that 
will help lower these skyrocketing prices.
  Congress needs to help increase the availability of affordable 
housing options. We need to reform and expand programs that provide 
housing assistance for working families and veterans like I have been 
pushing for. We need to invest in our communities for solutions that 
are helping those experiencing homelessness.
  Mr. Speaker, there are bills we could pass today to lend a hand, 
including bipartisan ones that I have helped write.
  By all means, let's keep pursuing baseless impeachment inquires or 
defunding the salaries of Cabinet members that we don't agree with.
  Mr. Speaker, please, let's start governing.

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