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The welfare and safety of tenants must be safeguarded, and federally subsidized properties must represent fair value to the tenant and the taxpayer alike.

I am also concerned for the public housing authorities who are being forced to reduce spending at the expense of families in need.

This program has provided over 400,000 affordable homes for very-low-income elderly individuals.

It is critical that federally subsidized properties comply with all health, safety, and quality standards.

One out of every six men and women in homeless shelters are veterans, and unfortunately, veterans are 50 percent more likely to fall into homelessness compared to other Americans.

If enacted, this would reach the lowest level of funding since 1976.

I continue to support the Homeless Assistance Grants program to prevent and end homelessness.

Our nation's veterans deserve adequate and responsible funding to the fullest extent possible.

We have received numerous complaints that the performance and adjudication of pension claims for the veterans of Maine has gotten worse since the consolidation of pension claims at the Philadelphia VA Regional Office.

Fast-tracking the VLER program to ensure seamless transfer of medical records must be a top priority, and necessary funds must be allocated to fulfill it.

The excuses must stop. I have supported you and your leadership up to this point.

It would provide protection for the operations of the entire VA from the political wrangling that occurs as a part of the appropriations process every year.

When you look at accountability and part of that is to make sure that the employees know what the clear standards are, the metrics that they are going to be held accountable to and for.

I believe it would be a real damaging effort among many of our vulnerable citizens including veterans and their families.

I am not convinced that it is a sounder manner in which to calculate inflation. Until I am convinced of that, I will be opposing it.

I guess I would fall back on President Reagan: Trust, but verify.

I judge a health care provider by whether they hand you a clipboard when you walk in. If they do, they are behind the times.

I believe that virtually the entire Federal budget deficit problem on an ongoing basis is health care.