I really am impressed with what you were able to accomplish in San Diego.

Thank you very much, Professor. I very much appreciate the number of years you have spent on this issue and your very specific recommendation.

Is continued subsidization of public housing in neighborhoods like the ones I described just perpetuating problems and an ineffective use of Federal resources?

Directing 84 percent of HUD's budget to rental assistance might be reasonable if it were to effectively meet the housing needs of all vulnerable families and individuals.

That is why you argue for more flexibility at the local level in your initial statement.

Thank you.

I think we have to look at new models and new ways and what is going on at the local level and at the State level to see if we can stretch those dollars further and get better results.

There are nearly 10,000 public housing units that are at high risk of being lost each year because they are simply crumbling.

Protecting and expanding the Housing Credit is critical.

Ensuring that sufficient funds are provided to renew existing rental assistance has always been a priority.

To maintain a rigid budget structure in the light of those changes, it just seems to me is dumb.

The only thing more expensive than deterrence is fighting a war, and the only thing more expensive than fighting a war is losing a war.

I just think we need to be talking to the American people about the fundamental responsibility of any government, which is to keep its people safe.

I am puzzled why there is not more acknowledgment of the carbon benefits of nuclear power.

This is a state sponsor of terrorism that received $1.7 billion of cash on a pallet in Tehran.

And they vowed to kill as many Americans as they can and they have blood on their hands right now.

Cash is the currency of terrorism.

Let's step back for a minute. We have a government that is--has vowed to wipe our major ally in the Middle East--really the only one that we trust, I think--Israel, off the face of the earth.