House Proceeding 05-20-08 on May 20th, 2008 :: 0:42:33 to 0:44:16
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Speech By: Rahm Emanuel

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Rahm Emanuel: to help this bill. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana. mr. mccrery: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from kansas,

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Jerry Moran: mr. moran. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. moran: mr. speaker, i thank the gentleman from louisialena for yielding me his time. i'm here to commend

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Speech By: Jerry Moran

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Jerry Moran: the ways and means' efforts to make the tax code more equitable to our service members. however, once again, i'm on the o floor to express my disappointment that the bill does not include an

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Jerry Moran: important provision providing more affordable housing opportunities for our service members and their families. this fix to the tax code is mixing from this legislation would prevent lower income

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Jerry Moran: military personnel from being discriminated against when applying for affordable housing built under the low-income housing tax credit program. there's a strong need for the tax bill that we're

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Jerry Moran: considering today, but the senate will not approve it without this additional provision. a number of military installations across the country are experiencing housing shortages as a result

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Jerry Moran: of the 2005 brac. for the riley, an army post located in the state of kansas is nearly doubling its size with the influx of 30,000 soldiers, family members and civilian workers. when these new

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Jerry Moran: soldiers live pounds the for the they receive a military housing allowans for the use in -- allowance for the use in paying rent. though the tax code does not treat this housing allowance as

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Jerry Moran: taxable income it's considered income when determining a military family's eligibility to live in facilities financed by low-income housing tax credits. the result is that many service members,

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Jerry Moran: particularly our enlisted ones, are considered to earn too much income and thus are disqualified from accessing this affordable housing program. however, comparative low-income civilians receiving

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section 8 housing vouchers are more likely to get this housing. that is because unlike the military housing subsidy, the tax code exempts section 8 housing assistance from being income.