Excerpt from The New Homeless Crisis, Old and Poor in the Streets: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session; September 26, 1990
Members present: Representatives Roybal, Downey, Hughes, Lloyd, Oakar, Hertel, Borski, Kennedy, Pallone, and Morella.
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