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Tim Scott: “If we can eliminate the text from a legislative standpoint…”

Featuring: Tim Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, South Carolina

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Chairman Scott Joins HUD Secretary Turner to Discuss Housing Priorities, ROAD to Housing Act

Published | Video Starts at 20:50

But in this room, what you all are doing is taking the definitions that you knew were antiquated and obsolete, and you figured your workarounds, if we can just purge it from the legislation, from the regulatory standpoint, the federal, state, and local level, If we can eliminate the text from a legislative standpoint, it frees you up to be more creative and more innovative. and. And to bring solutions to the marketplace faster. That's what we should be focused on, is how do you get government to take a leap back so that the … (20:50–20:57)

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