[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        NEVADANS DEMAND APOLOGY

  (Ms. TITUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of Nevadans to demand 
an apology from presumptive Republican Presidential nominee, Donald 
Trump.
  Last week, news reports revealed that Donald Trump actually bragged 
about being able to make a lot of money from a housing market that was 
about to burst. He rooted for that bubble to burst.
  Well, the crash of the housing market devastated my hometown of Las 
Vegas, which was one of the hardest hit in the country. Thousands lost 
their homes, and 71 percent of homes were underwater, some by over 50 
percent. Bank foreclosures put families on the street who had already 
lost their jobs and their savings.
  Slowly we are coming back, though. We have reformed lending policies, 
demanded accountability, and worked to ensure that families can keep a 
roof over their heads, but we remember how awful it was.
  So we say to Mr. Trump: Keep your short fingers out of the Nevada 
housing market.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind Members to refrain 
from engaging in personalities toward presumptive nominees for the 
Office of President.

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