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Lawmaker urges House to pass bill prioritizing homes for purchase, not rent
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Summary
A lawmaker urged House members to approve, without amendment, a bill to prioritize building homes for purchase over rentals, saying the chamber should move the measure to the president's desk and pointing to an asserted prior vote of "89 to 10."
A lawmaker urged members of the House to approve, as written, a bill that prioritizes building homes for purchase rather than for rent and to send the measure to the president's desk. "I think it's, absolutely correct that we should be building homes to buy and not to rent," the lawmaker said.
The lawmaker told colleagues the House should vote for the bill "as is without modifying it" and push the legislation forward quickly. The speaker also asserted that the chamber rarely sees votes as lopsided as "89 to 10," using that figure to argue the measure has strong support.
The remarks focused on the goal of expanding homeownership through new construction rather than increasing the supply of rental housing. The speaker framed the bill as a straightforward policy choice and urged against amendments that would alter its intent.
No formal motion or vote was recorded during these remarks in the provided transcript. The lawmaker's comments were an appeal to colleagues to preserve the bill's text and expedite its passage rather than a procedural motion recorded in the excerpt.
