I look forward to getting a top line agreement in the next month allowing us to develop a balanced bipartisan bill that recognizes our country's serious housing challenges.

I think you have the wisdom of having come from the Legislative Branch and also just understanding that whatever thicket of processes and procedures and rules and laws that you inherited is not your fault.

It'd be one thing if we're having a conversation about fiscal discipline or whatever it is, but the way to exert fiscal discipline is to have a program, have accountability not just to spend the money after a bunch of suffering.

We just want your agency to work better and I know you do, too.

But this progress will end if we enact the House Majority proposal to return to 2022 funding levels.

The HUD VASH Program created by Chair Murray has cut veterans' homelessness by nearly 55 percent since 2009.

Thank you for your testimony today. Thank you for your partnership with this committee.

the model here is the DOD, right. The DOD doesn't get to have an opinion necessarily about climate action

Now we need that same bipartisan strength to sustain those ongoing infrastructure investments--and to make progress on safety regulations that protect Americans driving, flying, walking, riding--and counting--on that infrastructure.

We very much look forward to discussing your sustained focus on safety, equity, and climate at the Department.

This is not a climate policy question, right. That is not the jurisdiction of this committee.

On a bipartisan basis, we made the right decision to fix our aging infrastructure and begin taking steps to adapt to climate change.