03/08/2017
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"Compounding the problem is the recently announced Federal hiring freeze imposed by the Trump administration, which, I believe, could threaten core government functions if it is left in place."
"Investing in transportation infrastructure keeps us safe and improves our economy, it creates jobs."
"We really have come together, as we must come together, as an institution and as a country, I believe, in face of this."
"I do not accept that the HUD budget before us is a necessary product of fiscal responsibility."