Shadegg Fights for America's Disabled Veterans

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Shadegg Fights for America's Disabled Veterans

Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) today made the following comments on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as he offered a Motion to Recommit that would amend the Neighborhood Stabilization Act to give housing assistance preference to disabled American veterans.

"The Neighborhood Stabilization Act is a giveaway to the mortgage industry who made bad loans. This Motion to Recommit is a genuine attempt to improve this bill. If the Democrat majority insists on heading down this path, the least we can do is give those who have served our nation the highest priority in receiving housing assistance, and make sure those who have preyed on the innocent aren't helped by this bill.

The Motion to Recommit…provides that disabled American veterans are to be accorded an even higher preference in acquiring homes under this legislation. Every Member of this body knows, that tragically, American soldiers, our fighting men and women, are returning with horrific wounds. Like many of you, I have visited these soldiers at Landstuhl Hospital in Germany and I have visited them right here at Walter Reed…This Motion to Recommit recognizes their sacrifices.

In its present form, the bill allows homes acquired and rehabilitated with taxpayer money to be purchased by convicted drug dealers, convicted sex offenders, and people convicted of mortgage fraud. [This Motion] simply says that homes made available under this bill cannot be sold to [these individuals]."

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