[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 529]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     URGING SUPPORT FOR H.R. 2166, PUBLIC SAFETY EX-OFFENDER SELF-
                        SUFFICIENCY ACT OF 2003

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I listened with great interest 
last week as the President gave his State of the Union address and was 
quite pleased at one point when he mentioned the need to establish 
programs for ex-offenders, for people returning home after having been 
incarcerated. And I could not agree with him more.
  So I urge my colleagues to get on board with me and support H.R. 
2166, my Public Safety Ex-Offender Self-Sufficiency Act, which is 
designed to build 100,000 units of SRO-type housing for these 
individuals over a 5-year period.
  If we really want to help people returning home from prison, let us 
start by giving them a place to stay.

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