House Proceeding 07-23-09 on Jul 23rd, 2009 :: 1:55:40 to 1:59:30
Total video length: 4 hours 26 minutes Stream Tools: Stream Overview | Edit Time

Note: MetaVid video transcripts may contain inaccuracies, help us build a more perfect archive

Views:31 Duration: 0:03:50 Discussion

Previous speech:

Next speech:

1:55:37 to 1:55:57( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: someday going to have to pay this money back. and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. who claims time in opposition? mr. olver: mr. chairman, i claim time in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. olver: mr. chairman, the

1:55:40 to 1:59:30( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John W. Olver

1:55:58 to 1:56:18( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: gentlewoman from tennessee is quite rrect, i will claim that an across-the-board cut is the worse possible way that one can do this sort of thing. in my opening remarks, i pointed out that the -- in the opening statement i pointed out

1:56:19 to 1:56:40( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: that this legislation has some $47 billion of appropriation for housing programs. and that it's above the president's request in that area because we are trying to fill the gap for what has happened over the last eight years of cuts in so many of the

1:56:41 to 1:57:04( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: housing investmenprograms. and let me just give you an example of this. one of the points i made in the opening was that one of the things we were particularly trying to do in the very good housing parts of this program -- of this legislation was to support full nerble populations.

1:57:05 to 1:57:26( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: and so at -- in replacement of several years, five years in a row, in elder housing and in disa project-based assistance, in our p.h.a.'s major programs, we didn't always allow the cuts that the administration had

1:57:27 to 1:57:51( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: applied and had requested. we usually in fact didn't do that because people in here are concerned about what's going on in the matter of people's lives. however, the cuts were made, and i would just point out, if you go back and -- to the year

1:57:52 to 1:58:12( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: 2001 and use a 1%, a 1% per year inflationary factor to each of those housing program investments that we -- that we would make, those -- that would bring you to a point $1.5 billion above where the present

1:58:13 to 1:58:33( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: legislation proposes in this bill. so what i'm saying there is that an across-the-board cut of the sort that's been suggested by the gentlewoman from tennessee simply cuts those places that we particularly wanted to put money into in

1:58:34 to 1:58:55( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: order to fill the gap that has been growing over a period of years. and it's t wrong thing to do. it would hurt our elders. it would hurt our people who are in affordable housing, either the tenant or the project-based systems. it would cut hope vi.

1:58:56 to 1:59:17( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: it would cut the program for housing for people with aids, the elder and disabled housing cdbg. all of those were programs that were deliberately reduced year after year or recommendations made for reduction and in over time had been reduced

1:59:18 to 1:59:30( Edit History Discussion )

John W. Olver: substantially compared with the 2001 appropriation. so this has particularly bad effects on those programs,