Shaun Donovan: “the President believes, I believe, that... sequestration is damaging; it is not the right way to manage these programs;”

I have been enormously proud to chair this effort as we work to achieve two basic goals: one, to get the assistance that you all fought so hard to make a reality to communities as quickly as possible, to meet the immediate needs; and…

These are real impacts on the middle class, on our most vulnerable families, and they are happening today.

Where are our future workers going to come from if we are leaving all these kids behind? And that is a cost we can't afford to bear.

We are banning foreclosures. You cannot foreclose on anyone affected by the storm for, initially, 30 days.