"I can assure you that resolving the contract issues with the air traffic controllers is a top priority for this Administration."
"In my State of New Jersey, we are looking to break ground on the largest mass transit project in the country, a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River."
"The project will take 22,000 cars off the road each day, create 6,000 construction jobs each year for 10 years."
"In my Amtrak bill, which was signed last year, we required that the Northeast Corridor be brought into a state of good repair by 2018."
"Will FHA consider changing its policy so it can start insuring loans on properties that are restricted for low- and moderate-income homeowners?"
"In the wake of the credit crisis, the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency--along with housing and finance agencies around the country--is having trouble finding agencies that will insure lo..."
"Congress and the administration must continue to take steps to stop the foreclosure crisis."
"A home is more than just a building. It is a place of safety from the elements."
"The regulations were there to prevent that from happening before the crisis began developing?"
"The agency has become a life raft in a sea of debt for current homeowners looking to refinance into a fixed-rate mortgage."
"In these tough times, we need to make sure FHA has the funding and staff to do its job."
"Because it's a sad situation to see people who need housing and empty houses and not to be able to at least get them out of the weather and keep them whole for a while."
"The FHA currently funds its own operations through homeowner fees."
"So FHA essentially writes off the loss from what may have been a subprime loan, and that's FHA's responsibility, is it not?"
"your continued commitment of concern for those who are innocent victims of war and terror is kind of a benchmark for all of us"
"Now I am one of the few left here who served in World War II. I served in Europe during the war."
"I left this committee in 2001. I thought I was going to do something else, but nothing pulled at my conscience more than the fact that I left the Senate, and the year 2001 we had the terrible calamity..."
"Statement of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg"
