"We need these vouchers. Expert research shows that housing vouchers prevent homelessness."
"Discrimination against the people who use these vouchers has curtailed what little progress we have made with homelessness."
"A universal housing voucher would be very effective in terms of stimulating new housing construction."
"It is nothing short of a moral outrage that our essential workers, upon whom all of us depend, increasingly cannot afford to live in a city or a country that could not survive and succeed without them..."
"As far as I am concerned, housing is as much a human right as education, and housing ought to be as much of an entitlement as education."
"The best path to housing as a human right, to housing as an entitlement, is housing vouchers for all, which has been proposed by Chairwoman Waters."
"I am really tired of funding a broken system, and why aren't we doing something bold like a universal voucher system?"
"Today's hearing has highlighted the need to move forward urgently on legislation to make Housing Choice Vouchers universally available."
"My Republican colleagues know that being fully-employed doesn't guarantee being able to afford housing."
"Finally, my Republican colleagues are simply wrong about the effectiveness of Housing First."
"I am committed to, and the Supreme Court requires, ensuring that people confronting mental illness, substance addiction, or other health challenges can live in the community."
"I have deep concerns about the lack of transparency and accountability that is a hallmark of the SPAC process."