Protecting and expanding the Housing Credit is critical.

We urge Congress to pass the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch.

I think we have to look at new models and new ways and what is going on at the local level and at the State level to see if we can stretch those dollars further and get better results.

Congress is now providing roughly 50 percent of the annual capital needs for the public housing.

Essentially what Mylan is doing, as you confirmed, is just changing the label on its product and then selling it for a lower price.

Directing 84 percent of HUD's budget to rental assistance might be reasonable if it were to effectively meet the housing needs of all vulnerable families and individuals.

Ensuring that sufficient funds are provided to renew existing rental assistance has always been a priority.

There are nearly 10,000 public housing units that are at high risk of being lost each year because they are simply crumbling.

The idea of a brand name company simply swapping the label on its product and then issuing it as a generic strikes me as greatly reducing the incentive for a true first generic to come on the market.

Thank you very much, Professor. I very much appreciate the number of years you have spent on this issue and your very specific recommendation.

I think this is another real problem because the system is not supposed to work that way.

The challenge is that the cost of renewing rental assistance continues to grow by hundreds of millions, if not billions, each year.

Is continued subsidization of public housing in neighborhoods like the ones I described just perpetuating problems and an ineffective use of Federal resources?

The ZIP code in which one is raised is a likely predictor on how one is going to do in life.

That is why you argue for more flexibility at the local level in your initial statement.

We found that certain drug companies were putting their brand name drugs into restricted distribution systems.

I really am impressed with what you were able to accomplish in San Diego.

I am pleased to be joined today by our Ranking Member, Senator Jack Reed, as we begin our hearing examining whether there are more effective ways to meet the housing needs of vulnerable families and individuals.

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I am puzzled why there is not more acknowledgment of the carbon benefits of nuclear power.

We miss him a lot, and we do miss those charts because Senators need charts to learn.

I was so pleased to join Senator Conrad on this important bipartisan commission.

Women in our State, in Pennsylvania, earned 79.2 cents on the dollar.

Scheduled Social Security benefits are by themselves inadequate for too many Americans.

That wage gap has implications for them, obviously, and their families, but I think it has implications for all of us.