To the 2 million families that are estimated to be on the waiting lists for public housing and rental assistance. we are saying that there is more hope today than there has been for the past decade. To the thousands of American Indian and Alaska Native families who have no homes. we are demonstrating. concretely. that we are not ignoring our obligations to assist. To migrant farmworkers. we are saying that we will try to recognize their special needs by setting up a new rental housing program for them. Yes. this bill falls short of meeting all the housing needs across the country. but in this crisis year. it is nothing short of miraculous that we have found the will to protect. expand and enhance the Federal investment in affordable housing. Mr.