Testimony before Interior Appropriations Subcommittee regarding U.S. timber and housing industries

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: Display

May 14, 1980

Identifier

PUA_MS147_416

Subject

United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Bills, Legislative
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Housing policy
Timber--Oregon
Inflation (Finance)

Place

Oregon
United States

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text