Political Quotes

“I rise today to discuss the future of Federal housing and community development policy and the financial and management crisis currently facing the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Last November, the American people declared their anger and frustration with inefficient, ineffective, and wasteful Government programs of the past and demanded change. This new Congress must deliver on that mandate, not with more promises and debates, but with specific action and workable solutions. I emphasize that this mandate has provided the House and Senate with a real opportunity to revitalize Federal housing policy; namely, to redirect Federal housing and community development policy from HUD micromanagement to a policy of consolidation based on State and local decisionmaking. I look forward to working with my colleagues... to find the appropriate reforms and meaningful approaches to address the many housing and community needs of this country. Primarily, I seek to sound an alert to my colleagues to the budgetary crisis at HUD and use this opportunity as a call to action.”