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House Passes Gosar Amendment Protecting 1..,oca1 /minng (tights trorn 1•ecieral Overreach.,. Page 1 of <br />Horne » Newsroom <br />House Passes Gosar <br />Amendment Protecting Local <br />Zoning Rights from Federal <br />Overreach <br />Jun 9, 2015 Issues: Spending Cuts and Debt <br />For Immediate Release <br />Contact: Steven D. Smith <br />Date: June 9, 2015 <br />Steven.SmithAmail.house.gov <br />WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U S Congressman Paul A Gosar, D D•S <br />(AZ -04) released the following statement after his arnendrnent <br />preventing the Department of Housing and Urban. Development (HUD) <br />from implementing the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) <br />regulation passed the House by a vote of 229-193 and was attached to <br />the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related <br />Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2016: <br />"As the president reaches the end of his second term, he has made it <br />clear that his top priorities during his waning days are furthering his far - <br />left political agenda by forcing .big government programs on the <br />American people His new AFFH regulation is one of the most far- <br />reaching attempts yet to punish communities that don't submit to the <br />president's liberal ideology. American citizens and communities should <br />be free to choose where they would like to live and not be subject to <br />httn•it ncmr hence nnv/mess-release/house-n asses-S7osar-. mendment-protect ne-local-zoni.. 12/10 2016 <br />