All five of the lawmakers who voted against the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act are Republicans: Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, Mike Lee of Utah, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Rick Scott of Florida, and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.
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Here’s what each of the five Senators who voted against the bill have said about it.
“We have seen time and time again that writing a blank check to blue cities means that federal tax dollars will end up in the hands of illegals instead of going to the American citizens it was intended to help,” Tuberville said. “This bill also expands the already bloated Department of Housing and Urban Development, which is the opposite of what we need to be doing. We should be focused on getting government out of the way and allowing the free market to drive down costs through competition and a booming economy.”
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Mike Lee
In a statement following his nay vote, Lee contended that the legislation fails to adequately address the housing affordability issue
The Utah Senator further critiqued the bill for only temporarily banning the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency, a form of U.S. currency issued by the government, rather than prohibiting it from doing so permanently. Lee earlier this year reintroduced legislation seeking to implement a permanent ban; at the time, his office contended in a press release that the Fed creating such a currency would restrict financial institutions’ ability to offer loans and that “the Federal Reserve would have knowledge of every transaction involving” the currency.
Scott highlighted an amendment he offered to the housing bill that he said was not entertained in a post on X ahead of the final Senate vote on the measure.
“I offered an Amendment to make sure Congress gets an annual report on how this bill directly impacts housing affordability for middle income homeowners. But, I never got the chance to bring it up. This should have been a no-brainer. It proves that what we’re doing HELPS the American people.”
In another post last week, Scott said that “Homes now cost FIVE TIMES more than a family’s median income. The REAL reason? Congress. Congress just spends, spends, and spends with no end in sight and Americans are left with higher interest rates and rampant inflation.”
Ron Johnson
The Wisconsin Senator also voted against the Senate version of the legislation in March. A spokesperson for Johnson told the outlet The Center Square at the time that “he voted against the bill for several reasons – many of them laid out” in a column from The Wall Street Journal editorial board that opined that the bill would result in the creation of less housing due to the restrictions it would place on large, institutional investors buying single-family homes. The final version of the bill also includes such restrictions.
Rand Paul
Paul’s office also did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his nay vote.
In a March post on X, Paul called the bill the “Path Toward the Destruction of Property Rights Act,” and expressed his opposition to the limits it would put on institutional investors—at length.
Paul also cited data showing that institutional investors’ share of the single-family home market is extremely low––something housing experts have previously highlighted to TIME.
“With such a miniscule amount of the housing stock owned by large investors, the proposed ban could well have little to no effect on housing affordability or rent,” Paul wrote.
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