Providing For Consideration Of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act Of 2009

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Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak on this rule.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bill but with some reservations because I know that it's not a perfect bill, but it's a perfect beginning. I also have held numerous meetings in my district concerning foreclosure, and, you know, we need to assist people to avoid the foreclosure process.

We have over 1,000 foreclosures a month in my district of Florida, and we need to include legal aid and other community organizations like Wealth Watchers and those that are helping families to avoid losing their homes in foreclosure.

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Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. I met with the credit unions who have been working very hard and doing a real good job, but they are not included. They can't get any of the TARP money, so they are limited with their amount of participation. We are having a hard time getting banks to get them to do what we intended them to do.

What is the possibility that we can also discuss how we can include credit unions in getting additional resources to help our constituents?

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