[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
             INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

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                               speech of

                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 8, 1999

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2684) making 
     appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
     Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent 
     agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
     purposes:

  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the 
Nadler amendment providing $305 million for 50,000 Section 8 housing 
vouchers for low- and moderate-income families.
  Just last year Congress recognized the critical need for housing by 
passing the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act, which 
authorized 100,000 new Section 8 vouchers. The Majority's appropriation 
provides zero funding for these vouchers--essentially turning our work 
of last year into an empty promise.
  In my district in New York City alone, the Majority's appropriation 
would support housing for 375 fewer lower-income families than in FY 
1999.
  HUD recently reported that the wait for public housing has increased 
by 50 percent over the past 2\1/2\ years. Before we race ahead with 
budget-busting tax cuts, we must assist families living in substandard 
housing.
  Join me in supporting the Nadler amendment and build on our work of 
last year.

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