Opening Statement for the Rural Housing Hearings · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_301
Title: Opening Statement for the Rural Housing Hearings
Description: In an opening statement to the Subcomittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, Congressman Les AuCoin advocated for addressing the housing needs of rural Americans. He shared an example of an Oregon migrant labor camp with inadequate facilities. AuCoin's statement came before expected congressional testimony from the Farmers Home Administration regarding national rural housing needs. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date: Year(s): 1978
Date: Display: March 23, 1978
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Speeches, addresses, etc.; United States. Farmers Home Administration.; Housing, Rural--Law and legislation--United States
Place: Oregon; United States
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text