"We talked about Veterans Business Outreach Center, which is incredibly valuable in our state."
"I must tell you, I think the numbers over the last 2 years are extremely impressive."
"We have seen record numbers of small business startups."
"I think the programs were very successful. I think we got the money out quickly, and we saved a lot of small businesses from closing."
"I am committed to making sure that we work together on requests for information."
"Senators Young and Cardin introduced the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act, which would create a Federal tax credit to finance home building and rehabilitation in urban and rural neighborhoods."
"The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act is aimed at dealing with that."
"We do not have enough stock of affordable housing. Supply and demand issues--it's just not affordable."
"The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit... it's the strongest tool we have to date, but in and of itself, it's not enough."
"If we don't act very quickly to bring more resources to the table, we're going to fall even further behind in the future."
"I want to talk a little bit about the wealth gap, because home ownership is one of the areas that we deal with in trying to reduce the wealth gap in this country."
"The waiting lists in Maryland are long for affordable housing. The options are not really bright today."