"I hate to continue to devastate other budgets that are critically needed in our community, like the forfeiture funding, to build the wall when the answer is right in front of us, and that is dealing w..."
"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."
"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..."
"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?"
"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."
"Affordable housing is something that all of our communities are absolutely struggling to build."
"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."
"During the meltdown of the economy and the foreclosure crisis, the area that I represent was one of the hardest areas that was hit."
"I think it is somewhat irresponsible to say that this is a local issue."
"They do not know the extent of the speed that these trains are going through."
"I am deeply concerned about eliminating the CDBG, the HOME Program and the Choice Neighborhood Initiatives and the public housing capital."