My point is that all of the efforts to make sure that FHA is running its programs in the most effective possible manner would be directed at ensuring that there continues to be a stable, open, fair, reliable mortgage system in the United…

But unless there is a lead time on the other one, we may not avoid it.

I point out in my State of Connecticut, the average two-bedroom apartment, you have got to make $21 an hour to afford it.

I fully support his efforts for preventive health care, for better pricing on prescription drugs, and for better use of medical technology and information technology.

If confirmed, you will, at times, be their only voice in housing policy discussions that occur within the Obama Administration.

I hope that as a member of the President's Economic Team, you will make stabilizing the housing market one of your chief objectives.

It is not just affordable housing, it is safe and affordable housing.

I want to thank Senator Shelby and the members of the Committee, because when we passed the housing bill last summer...

I would like to arrange for the members of this Committee or their staffs to meet with HUD.

According to the latest US Conference of Mayors Report on Homelessness, homelessness has gotten worse nationwide.

I think this was a conscious decision of the Bush administration, of Secretary Preston, without the mission to FHA and then Fannie and Freddie to go out there, the mortgage market in the United States would be moribund and we would be in a…

I think we had over 30 of them over the last 2 years, plus some efforts we made in this area.

I would like to thank Chairman Dodd and Ranking Member Shelby for scheduling this nomination hearing so quickly, an important part of our constitutional process.

I am just wondering, specifically with respect to these types of programs, but more generally, how are we going to support our public housing programs with real resources?

I would hope that you would be able to alert this Committee very quickly as to what you consider to be the needs, the technical needs, so that, in fact, we can avoid fraud.

Opening statements, comments, or prepared statements of: Senator Reed

I was pleased to co-sponsor with the President-elect, the School Improvement Through Teacher Quality Act.

At the higher education level, we have and I have been particularly active in supporting the LEAP program.