I don't expect you to have a crystal ball to try to, you know, figure out what the White House is going to do and when the next shutdown is going to come, if and when.

So is that a recommendation to change? Because if you are holding, you know, landlords accountable for having a reserve, where is your responsibility for a reserve?

The lack of real wage growth to keep pace with the cost of living has increased the number of people who are now considered a cost burden when it comes to housing.

And when I look at domestic violence shelters--which, as a former 911 dispatcher, I am very keen to the needs of shelters and ensuring that they have funding available for domestic violence victims to be relocated and moved away from their abusers, not just the female or male victim but also the children involved in that family unit.

Affordable housing is something that all of our communities are absolutely struggling to build.

I think it is somewhat irresponsible to say that this is a local issue.

My constituents, my neighbors are living on minimum wage. In L.A. County, it is nearly impossible to do that.

There is no place to send a victim of a domestic violence if they don't have the funding.

I pray to God that, you know, this President would not shut down the government once again, but who knows what he will do if he doesn't get his way.

We should be digging once. We should be doing one environmental impact report to ensure that we are maximizing resources.

We have to invest in this infrastructure.