This increased contribution is fair. particularly since those not receiving the benefit of subsidized housing often pay as much as 40 percent of their income for housing expenses. . Next. I am very pleased to note that the pending bill deletes two provisions contained in the earlier Senate draft of the bill which would have extended the time which illegal aliens could reside in federally subsidized housing. I do not know how many Senators remember this. but some of us were a little upset when we discovered that Federal subsidy was being extended to house people whose very presence in this country constituted a violation of the law. This came to my attention as a result of a newspaper headline. So. we called up HUD and said. "What in the world are you guys thinking about. subsidizing illegal aliens?" They said. "We dont have the legal authority to do anything else." Well. we passed an amendment giving them that legal authority. You can imagine how astounded I was when I found out that one of the drafts of legislation on housing was going to in some way alleviate. moderate. or attenuate the decision we made earlier to stop subsidies for housing. I am glad that has been taken out of the bill.
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