Bruce F. Vento: “I mean, legally I think there is no substance and basis, and morally I think we do have a responsibility. But this is an…”

I support charter schools. In fact, I call my colleagues' attention to the fact that the City Academy, the first charter school in the Nation, existed and was developed in my neighborhood community on the east side of Saint Paul where I…

I rise to hail National Homeownership Week. Homeownership is one of the core values we have, I think, as Americans and one of the most fundamental bases for stability in our communities. This record homeownership rate of over 67 percent…

I was one that voted against the transfer of this money, because I am concerned about housing and the problems that we have had with the ownership and the goals of ownership of housing in the Nation and did not want to take away from the…

I would say that this half trillion dollars of illegal money that is washing through our society through our banks needs to be regulated, needs to be addressed. We need to provide the law enforcement and Treasury and other specific…