I think we have been very aggressive in pushing family self-sufficiency programs, job plus programs.

the issue of reducing the homelessness among our youth is one that is a passion of mine.

I would suspect that their system are probably already out of date by many years.

Senator Collins and I share this concern about the HUD-VASH vouchers, the fact that progress has been made, but there's no request this year for additional vouchers, even though roughly 48,000 veterans are still in the United States…

I think your point's well-taken. These units are very scare.

Let me ask a final question about the family self-sufficiency program.

To what extent are you urging or the Department is contemplating a more significant role for local housing officials?

There's another area that the chairman and I share, and that is the lead exposure.

You're requesting this year $25 million for a continuing care project that targeted youth.

I want you to know that we all appreciate your leadership and the way you have worked with the subcommittee.

Giving away billions of dollars in Federal assets to a nonprofit corporation controlled by airlines without any congressional oversight is I believe an ill-conceived idea at best.

I know you do not tolerate this. You do not accept it.

I would hate to see that vision exclude in any way services to Rhode Island.

I say with some pride that we have our first female Commandant at the military academy.

I think it is a dangerous proposal that moves this country in the wrong direction.

We spoke about air traffic controllers previously in our statements regarding this proposed privatization.

To have a future which would avoid Rhode Island in any way, shape, or form, either through routes or through services, would be, I think, wrongheaded.

Only one out of every four eligible low-income households in this country receives the rental assistance they need to avoid homelessness.