I think that would correct the current disequilibrium.

Frankly, there are historical examples where that kind of approach has not produced the best results.

I think we should countervail with currency intervention of a like magnitude.

We have such a paucity of stock that obviously the supply and demand issues have driven up the cost tremendously, driving it out of the range of an awful lot of people who need that rental housing market to provide decent shelter for…

I want to thank you for championing this issue and pressing it as you have.

Today, the Banking Committee will hear testimony on covered bonds, a potentially significant alternative means for raising capital for housing finance.

It has been a good hearing, very informative.

I think one of the things I feel strongly--I am looking at my own State of Connecticut where you have got to have an income of $20 an hour on average to afford a two-bedroom apartment, a rental unit.

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I take great comfort in knowing that he and the Senator from Oregon...have expressed such tremendous interest in this subject matter since the very first days they arrived in the Senate.

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Over the last 36 years, you have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to developing policies that promote children's healthy development and guarantee essential health resources.

I think we had 3,000 a day--3,500 children under the age of 18 start smoking for the first time every day.

But again, the low-birth rate among nonHispanic African-Americans over the past 15 years has remained about twice that of nonHispanic Caucasian women.

I think if a teacher can see where a child lives and the circumstances in which they live, that is a very different relationship.

I would be remiss if I did not point out, by the way, that you always take great pride in your sort of official family.

A recent report issued at the end of June by the Congressional Budget Office highlighted the fact that income inequality has tripled in the last 30 years to levels not seen since 1928 in our country.

I do not like to see us competing because I think the extended day idea has a great value.

I asked him the other day to comment, if he would, based on his expertise and his own doctoral studies, about the impacts of long-term unemployment on people.

We very much appreciate your leadership, Senator Dodd, on the FMLA, and the Administration supports further efforts in this area.

To a large extent, the parents who are aware of the existence of programs, who make an effort, have a substantial lead on others who are not aware or are so stressed out trying to cope every day just to put food on the table.