Do you understand the dilemma that some families are in that were homeowners--not homeless people, but homeowners.

Most people, if given the chance, can really begin to move themselves firmly into the middle class.

One size does not fit all, there are different needs in different parts of the country.

many of the people that I represent engaged in none of that behavior, and Mother Nature and the Corps of Engineers, when their levees failed, foreclosed on their homes.

I think it is very important for that exercise to continue because the people that this office is attempting to serve are very interested in how this office is functioning.

I would hope that the new Administration would think that there is some better way than just, again, the trailer option for housing people.

the whole country understands the tremendous challenges that HUD has before it with the unprecedented housing crisis now engulfing the Nation.

that the lawyers required those homeowners to pay in full their small business loan back, which to me defeats the whole purpose of the grant.

I just cannot tell you how upsetting it is to homeowners who were literally washed out of their homes...

Do you have any estimate of what those resources might be at this point?

It is so disturbing to find out that not only are we not in tip-top shape, we could potentially be the worst FEMA-run office.

I think our government, if it wanted to, could look and find models that actually work and do both at the same time.

I hear the NRC has revamped its process for licensing new power plants. It is not progressing as well as some of us would like.

A plan to put people in travel trailers and mobile homes in Times Square or in Long Island will not work.

I think you raise a very important point which programs do not seem to really recognize that many of those families...

It signaled to me a real basic understanding that this catastrophe is going to have to be a multi-faceted approach from a variety of different Federal agencies.

I really do believe that while we do need to stabilize the rental market and expand it, we should always have an opportunity or a pathway to homeownership.

this report is as much an indictment of what went wrong as a blueprint to move forward

If we are given the authority and the financial resources, yes, we are the agency that can do it, can do it well, and can do it quickly.

I look forward to seeing you down there again soon as we deal with other issues relating to the offshore.

I just had a comment very, very briefly to follow up with Senator Sessions'.

I don't believe the President could have made a better choice if he had looked all over the world, seriously, for a person to lead this Department than you.

One of the things that Senator Alexander and others, Senator Landrieu were involved in was the creation of a permanent royalty for conservation.

I think your approach to a more rational plan is something that I most certainly will support.

I want to really commend you for your extraordinary leadership joining with so many of us, both Democrats and Republicans to open up some additional acres of drilling that had been shut off to development.