[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        PROVIDE HOMEOWNERS TIME

  (Mr. CLARKE of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CLARKE of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, our homeowners need help right 
now, and I'm asking this Congress to provide homeowners with something 
they don't have when they're facing foreclosure. It's time--time to 
find more income, time to find another buyer to pay off the mortgage, 
and most importantly, time and leverage to negotiate with their lender 
and mortgage holder, who typically keeps losing the paperwork until the 
homeowner runs out of time.
  So I'm asking this Congress to freeze all foreclosures for homeowners 
who deserve it, for homeowners who can afford to maintain their 
property, because that's the best way to stabilize our economy and to 
save family homes.

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