"I can tell you that they want us at the national level to do everything we can to reduce the number of homeless, particularly those who are homeless because of a circumstance such as domestic violence or the fact that they have come back from serving our Nation in war and cannot make the transition ..."
"If you base it upon the information that has been presented by the advocacy community, then we do have a rising problem."
"I found the hearing very helpful, and we will decide next how to proceed, and we thank you for your testimony."
"I just interpret from your comments that you want to be opposed to this bill, which is your right to do it, but I do not see any rational distinction if you support collecting information on crimes."
"Every single one."
"Hunt the homeless. Kill one for fun. We are 87 percent sure it is legal."
"Well, Congresswoman Johnson, thank you for your testimony, but more importantly, thank you for your leadership on this issue in the Congress."
"I would hope that we were beyond this, but until we get the information as to whether ads like this are having impact, it is difficult, I think, for us to develop a strategy to deal with it."
"They are being targeted because they are perceived by the attacker as a worthy victim because they are homeless."
"The problem is it is not divided as to the homeless today."
"Well, I think in order to counter the strategy, there are a lot of things we need to do, but we also need to have accurate information."