"We need Congress to step up and invest in affordable housing in advance of disaster so that we are not already in a shortage when we are trying to climb out."
"I encourage Congress to think about passing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act."
"We could help unleash private capital for home construction by guaranteeing and securitizing the construction of one to four-unit starter homes."
"Aloha to everybody. And I join my colleagues up here in saying a very special mahalo to each and all of you for coming here today."
"the Federal Government and the Federal agencies are ultimately people, and people have motivations."
"the Federal Government's total expenditures are closing in on $3 billion or in that range in totality."
"this is not over by a long shot."
"this is a critical issue for us in Congress right now that we need to focus on."
"Our priority was to make sure that we focus on the residential side to get our families back home."
"It is a challenge to try to all be on the same page, and it is probably going to start with a recommendation."
"It is not as if it is going to be done by the end of the year."
"We owe it to those veterans to treat them as any other veteran."