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

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

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

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

Protecting and expanding the Housing Credit is critical.

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.

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

The challenge is that the cost of renewing rental assistance continues to grow by hundreds of millions, if not billions, each year.

I am pleased to be joined today by our Ranking Member, Senator Jack Reed, as we begin our hearing examining whether there are more effective ways to meet the housing needs of vulnerable families and individuals.

We urge Congress to pass the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch.

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

Congress is now providing roughly 50 percent of the annual capital needs for the public housing.

The ZIP code in which one is raised is a likely predictor on how one is going to do in life.

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

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.

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 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.