"And you know, we've been working on debt relief. We just got, finally, the World -- World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to complete the debt relief for $1 billion."
"I know. It is just so tragic. And my heart goes out to all of the victims, all of the people of Haiti."
"The residents who are given Section 8 vouchers, and I think you described something like 61,000 of those, I'll go back and take a look, had they been tracked?"
"How do you account for the growing homelessness in Atlanta?"
"Thank you very much."
"When Nydia and I served on the City Council, there were 700,000 people waiting to get into New York City public housing. There are now 200,000 people waiting to get into New York City public housing."
"Thank you very much, Carolyn, for your work."
"It takes Nydia's leadership to take a bill that has been on the books since 1968, dust it off, put it back to work, and turn it onto a mandate."
"The reason we are all here today is because of the bold and admirable leadership of Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez."
"My only addition is that the $2 million is not enough. I would support her in pushing it up to $50 million."
"She is able to be the best advocate for small businesses, a distinction in the Congress of the United States of America."