We need your help in finding efficiencies where they may exist.

I would also like to emphasize to the Secretary the importance of prioritizing the Department's regulatory agenda.

I am very pleased to see that the Department and the administration continue to highlight the importance of this vital program.

It is inexcusable that vulnerable residents are ever placed into substandard housing with serious violations.

Regrettably, that is simply not accurate.

the issue of reducing the homelessness among our youth is one that is a passion of mine.

There continues to be a large discrepancy in the number of sexual assaults that are officially reported and the responses to the anonymous survey.

It is inexcusable that residents are ever placed into substandard housing with serious violations, but it is doubly offensive when the taxpayers are subsidizing these unfit units.

A formula change is very much needed to ensure that the scarce resources available are directed to communities most in need of assistance today.

Having christened one of those ships, I can tell you that they are absolutely essential.

I very much remember the Administration having a goal of ending homelessness among our veterans by the end of last year, and clearly, that didn't happen.

The scale and the longevity of these problems highlight systemic concerns about the effectiveness of HUD's oversight.

Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. I want to pick up where the ranking member, Senator Reed, left off, the issue of the budget containing no new money for VASH vouchers which go to our homeless veterans.

These vessels are an important part of the curriculum as sea time is required for graduation and for licensure.

I look forward to working with you on this important bill, and to hearing from you and the inspector general.

It is particularly astonishing that after ignoring Congress' repeated requests to engage with this Administration on developing the necessary reforms to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent, the Department has finally proposed a source of…

Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary. I know that many of the members as well as Senator Reed and I have additional questions, but we will submit them to you for the record, and we will keep that record open until Friday, March 18.

The public would not be well served by exempting any part of the F.A.A. from annual Congressional oversight.