William Lacy Clay: “We should be ashamed of what we are doing in this committee today.”

Madam Chairwoman, let me thank you again for convening this hearing to call attention to the intrusive restrictions that are threatening the health and well-being of thousands of women in my congressional district and home State.

In my role as subcommittee chair, I will be taking action to help restore the hard-fought fair housing protections that the Trump Administration has weakened.

the last comprehensive infrastructure spending package was the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 which acknowledged the importance of affordable housing as part of our national infrastructure

We have a responsibility as an oversight committee, and that is to protect taxpayer dollars.