John Garamendi: “We need clarity of American policy and, frankly, we need the money to back it up.”

With House passage of this important legislation, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program will, for the first time since 1994, be modernized and brought into the 21st century.

This bill, like nearly all of the Trump and Republican agenda, does nothing to make Americans’ financial situation better.

Bloated defense spending has been a serious problem for far too long. Requiring unfunded priorities only encourages the Pentagon to seek additional funding outside the normal budget process, often at the expense of readiness and sound…

OMB’s guidance would provide little recourse to people subject to political retribution.