William L. Clay

This Administration has taken decisive steps to get rid of public housing, laying out a blueprint for a future without any.

It is no secret that since taking office, President Trump, along with his chosen operator, Secretary Ben Carson, has been on a mission to end public housing as we know it.

This Nation and the community that I represent in St. Louis are facing a public health emergency.

Only with a substantial increase in Federal support and a national commitment to expanding community-based treatment will we have even the basic tools to combat this epidemic.

By the latest estimate, last year opioids took the lives of over 70,000 Americans.

I fully expect HUD to follow through on any and all commitments made and work with my staff and me to ensure that the residents have access to affordable housing.

Sinister efforts are still amiss to create fear, harm, and intimidate African Americans.

How dare you wholesale remove people from rolls? How dare you do that? And it is not all right.

In my view, we are all here for just one reason, and that's the American people are tired of being lied to.

A Presidential candidate was targeted by Russia, Russian intelligence. Members of Congress, including myself, were targeted, as well.

While President Trump recently tried to take credit for December unemployment numbers, showing African American unemployment at its lowest recorded level, this too is part of a long-term trend that started under the Obama Administration.

I would love to collaborate with your office on how we stop these policies and practices that are discriminatory.