I would have to say if there is one thing, it is that as a country, as a whole, we have not kept up with the demand for housing.

Housing is one of the primary drivers of the inflation suffocating families' budgets and holding back our economy.

I am glad the budget includes finally closing the carried interest loophole, maybe the worst loophole in the entire tax code.

Thank you, Madam Secretary. Welcome to the neighborhood.

Those things that sort of bind us and the work that we need to do are more important and significant than those things that divide us.

To me, the offshore wind developments are a waste of taxpayers' money and MARAD's money.

Mr. Smith really laid out all the great accomplishments of Don Payne in terms of what he accomplished here, which was so much as a Member of Congress, but I just want to talk a little bit about the man. I think that many of us know Don for…

My issue has always been working in this field myself years ago that we put in these good faith efforts, but we missed the mark when it comes time to actually showing where the dollars went, where the contracts went.

In January, New Jersey received a $6 million grant to improve EV charging reliability in the State.

I really believe that we are turning a corner as a country in terms of how we make sure that federal dollars benefit everybody and not just the fewer, the well-off.

It is really important that our children are not exposed to the lead.

I guess I am asking you, because you have oversight whether or not the department is doing the things that it is supposed to do.

And I am not giving up because if we don't do that we continue to send the wrong message to the taxpayers.

No one wants to be homeless if they have an option.

Should we really be investing in something that is so obviously now becoming visibly nonviable?

So is our biggest problem a lack of housing, the variety of housing that we need?

So I am proud of our efforts to make big business and rich tax cheats finally pay their fair share. What the heck is wrong with that? And we have made progress.

I would urge the administration to stop spending money on those projects.