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 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.

There is no place to send a victim of a domestic violence if they don't have the funding.

Affordable housing is something that all of our communities are absolutely struggling to build.

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 be relocated and moved away from their…

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?

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.

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.

We have to invest in this infrastructure.

Madam Chair, I thank the gentleman from California for yielding and for being such a great leader in helping those impacted by the devastating California wildfires. The numbers are devastating. Nearly 2 million acres burned. Upwards of…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. Mr. Speaker, this rule represents many of the failures of the 115th Congress. To put it succinctly, the…