Testimony before Interior Appropriations Subcommittee regarding U.S. timber and housing industries · Les AuCoin Collection

Identifier: PUA_MS147_416
Title: Testimony before Interior Appropriations Subcommittee regarding U.S. timber and housing industries
Description: Testimony of U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin before the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the U.S. timber and housing industries given on May 14, 1980. In his testimony, Congressman AuCoin described higher building materials costs as being a significant contributing factor in the rising housing prices. He advocated for fighting inflation, and proposed "an additional $43 million appropriation to permit the Forest Service to prepare timber sales in 1981 at the 12.2 billion bf level." 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): 1980
Date: Display: May 14, 1980
Subject: United States. Congress. House.; Legislators--United States; Bills, Legislative; Speeches, addresses, etc.; Housing policy; Timber--Oregon; Inflation (Finance)
Place: Oregon; United States
Source: Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives
Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text