"We are a long way from replacing public housing in New Orleans, which is what I so staunchly advocated for post-Katrina."
"Let's build on those successes and gear our legislation and funding towards building on those successes."
"We all have a responsibility to be about the business of economic development, opening up contracting opportunities."
"We cannot get around the fact that we need dollars, we need money in public housing."
"It is not so much private contractors; it was your governor, it was your State that did not trust the citizens."
"as Congresswoman Waters alluded to earlier."
"We worked together with housing advocates to shine a bright light on problems with recovery efforts."
"We have to increase minimum wage. Everybody is talking about getting to $15, et cetera."
"I introduced legislation, H.R. 1227, the Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery Act of 2007, to help reestablish housing options."
"I have no indication that they have been told not to talk to us. They talk to us plenty. And we are listening."
"At the same time, Congress is considering legislation that would do severe damage to the new standards the Fed has implemented."