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Housing for the 21st Century Act

Floor Speech

By: Al Green
By: Al Green
Date: June 23, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank Ms. Waters and Mr. Hill for honoring their commitment to make sure that H.R. 8291, the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, was a part of this legislation.

I believe that there are many ways that it could have been done, but I also believe that there are only two people who could have gotten it done. That would be Mr. Hill and Ms. Waters, of course, working with our colleagues in the Senate, Mr. Scott and Ms. Warren.

This is a historic piece of legislation. It does what has never been done before. I am talking about H.R. 8291. It will authorize Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery for 3 years and reform the program to help the most marginalized persons. It provides flexible funding, primarily for low- and moderate-income communities recovering from major disasters.

Again, I thank the ranking member and the chairman. I am most appreciative that this bill will contain this legislation.

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