House Proceeding 07-23-09 on Jul 23rd, 2009 :: 0:48:45 to 0:53:30
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John W. Olver: think is something that's too much to ask from anyone and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for five minutes. oh, forgive me. does the gentleman rise in opposition? ol mr. speaker, i rise in opposition -- olol mr. speaker, i rise in -- mr. olver: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the motion.

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Speech By: John W. Olver

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John W. Olver: i think it's quite eye ron take the amendment that's being offered is one to reduce the funding and conform the funding to the president's request. but it's exactly what the minority, now minority, has done year after year in rubberstamping the president's

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John W. Olver: position. that's what's soronic about it. we on the other hand have taken an independent view with a very good subcommittee, with some members on the minority side who have taken, who have joined us on some of this and in fact have

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John W. Olver: taken a position in sub stangs -- substantially in support of the idea which is at the core of this legislation is that we are doing something more for vulnerable populations. virtually everything that has been removed in reductions from this bill is in those things but not all of them, virtually all,

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John W. Olver: in the area of assistance for vulnerable populations. let me just down the list. we have section 8, tenant-based housing. and section 8 project-based housing, a total of $798 million reduction.

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John W. Olver: all of them back to the president's requests, but the needs get greater as we -- from when the requests were made because of what has happen -- what is happening, because there are more homeless, because there are more people out of work than there were at the time that the request was made. in all good faith. the native american block grant,

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John W. Olver: for the poorest of the poor is reduced by $105 million. elder housing, which we had housing for disabled people, w million, and by the way, all of this was taken through the full

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John W. Olver: appropriations committee and approved by the appropriations committee and sent to the floor. homeless assistance has been reduced by $56 million. public housing operating fund has been reduced by $200 million, public housing authorities, capital fund reduced by $256 million, the housing for people with aids,

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John W. Olver: are he he deuced by $40 million -- reduced by $40 million, the affordable housing, rental housing as well as first time home ownership is reduced by $175 million. all of these, all of these to conform with the number of the president.

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John W. Olver: our committee and our members vulnerable populations need a little bit more into the circumstances that we are dealing with at the present time and so we put it in. and that's the way we have voted today. now beyond that, beyond that we have -- >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order.

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John W. Olver: the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman fr recognized. mr. olver: beyond that we have had a strong vote on the issue of high speed rail and the items related to it, a vote which was earlier

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John W. Olver: amendment to strike. the very thing that's backing this motion, to 284 against, including 40 members from the minority side. who voted with the majority on and beyond that we have the

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John W. Olver: amendment which reduces the f.a.'s safety positions in two different areas. one by removing 150 aviation inspectors which we went the president's request, i think quite legitimately, for aviation safety and also for 35 additional people that we put in

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John W. Olver: for rail safety.