"This is a shockingly low ceiling for our country, what we have done in the past, what we have stood for."
"It is alarming, the degree of these cuts and how much damage they would do."
"Conflating refugees, or immigrants in general, with terrorists doesn't make us safer."
"It is true, isn't it, that they reached historic lows in 2017, and are still well under the peaks experienced in previous decades."
"Yet today, in no state in this country, can a person working full-time at the Federal minimum wage afford a two-bedroom apartment at the fair market rent."
"It is not an exaggeration to say that America, the most prosperous Nation in the world is in the midst of a housing crisis."
"I always want to register my serious concern with the Department's so-called rent reforms, which would essentially shift HUD program costs on to residents."
"Public office is a public trust. Even the appearance of impropriety can severely damage our institution."
"No question."
"That maintenance cost continues to go up."
"Looking at this budget proposal, I have to conclude that Trump administration's priorities are elsewhere. It is a heartless request."