"As long as we continue to have more than a million foreclosures a year, that crisis must be our priority."
"I would just suggest to you at this time of very difficult budget cuts to try to start something new that is unproven and not continue a program that is proven is a concern to me."
"We have fallen short as a Nation in scaling up after we out-compete and out-innovate."
"On meth labs, DOJ nationally has stopped State funding for meth lab cleanups."
"I actually think this is more a State and local responsibility. It is best a State and local program versus a Federal responsibility."
"FSS is a program with relatively little expense that has made a huge difference."
"They paid at an 11 percent tax rate compared to the businesses in my district that have to pay at a 35 percent tax rate."
"I keep asking myself where is the greatness of our Nation, where is it, what happened to it, is it hiding, where is it, in the housing sector?"
"I bet our chairman would like to have $55 billion to help with development around this country."
"There has not been one prosecution, not one, by either the last administration or this one."
"We need to turn these HUD houses around yesterday and to get them back on the market, get them rehabbed."
"Aren't we supposed to be picking up the broken pieces of humanity here that Wall Street has delivered at our feet?"
"You like them too much, you are not really willing to take them on. And it is a sad day for America."
"One of the most interesting parts about serving in Congress is to really understand other Members and how different their districts are than our own."
"I just wanted to continue on my same line of questioning and place on the record that I represent the fifth largest rail center in the country."
"Thank you for your dedication in your life to the field of housing for the most vulnerable in our country."
"You couldn't do enough there. We have the highest rates of suicide in the military now."
"Submission of Hon. Marcy Kaptur, a Representative in Congress From the State of Ohio"
