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The funding level for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which is proposed at $2.79 billion is truly disappointing.

I am very happy that you are apparently going to be staying on in the second administration, at least for a while, since I have found you to be a real straight-shooter and dedicated to improving housing opportunities for the people of this…

You need to make that easier for us, not harder, just by your views on sequestration.

I am pleased to see the increased funding levels for the Section 202 Housing for the Elderly program.

I believe that the level of $2.79 billion is truly disappointing.

The deficit continues to rise.

Veterans' homelessness has fallen, and it fell by nearly 7.2 percent from 2011 to 2012.

I don't think we ought to be trying to enhance the pain of sequestration.

The rationale behind what appears to be taking away money from the same program with one hand and then giving it back with another program?

The curtailment of air traffic control services will increase operational risk.

We did it last year, and I am sure that we can continue going forward in making those smart decisions while not hurting the veterans, the families, the seniors, the people with disabilities that so often depend on our programs.

I am no fan of sequestration. We do need to reduce our spending. But to do these mindless automatic meat axe cuts does not reflect priority setting.

There are smart ways we can do this, and we have been able to do that in the past.

I completely agree with you, and it should have been done as part of the continuing resolution.

This important program provides mortgage insurance for the construction of multifamily housing, hospitals, and healthcare facilities.

In many cases, our seniors are getting into these reverse mortgages, and they are turning out to be a disaster for them.

Absolutely. Those three arguments are very solid.

I do recognize that a reverse mortgage can be very helpful to some of our seniors, but it seems to me it is fraught with risks for others.