Ben Carson

I can't emphasize strongly enough to all appropriations members that we have to do this before a disaster occurs. We have to.

Those are the kinds of holistic things that have to be done if we are ever going to get out of these chronic situations that really shouldn't be going on in this country, as far as I am concerned.

What we are doing--that is the whole concept behind our push on Section 3 because there are 6 million skilled jobs in our country that are going--begging right now.

I believe any discrimination is serious.

There is no question that there still is discrimination in our country.

I would hope at some point that many people who are oppositional would actually stop and spend time discussing with us what we are doing.

We want people to actually be able to move out of assisted housing, and to realize the potential that God gave to each individual.

Your guidance should be what is right and not what other people do.

I believe that we have a responsibility to identify and continue to attack discrimination where it occurs.

The opportunity zone is a splendid opportunity, secondary to the Tax Cut and Jobs bill, where people can take unearned capital gains, unrealized capital gains, put them into an Opportunity Fund in economically neglected areas.

Taxpayers support HUD's mission, and they expect us to use their moneys wisely, maximizing the impact of every dollar and minimizing waste.

There is no one on the outside who can bring this country down; but, we can bring it down from the inside.