David Price

I think the only way that you begin to restore people's faith in government there is you need some kind of special prosecutor on corruption.

Since March 2019, this administration has cut or withheld almost all foreign assistance, including humanitarian assistance, to the Northern Triangle countries.

It seems that it would be in our national interests to try to address the root causes of this out migration.

We look forward to continuing to confer on these matters raised today and I am sure much, much more in putting together a first rate workable budget for 2021.

What kind of authorities are located in this position and how does it operate up and down the line?

The absence of this public housing support is not accounted for anywhere else in the budget, that's why I call it a shell game.

You will have questions for the record probably from a number of our members.

I think we do need some clarification. I would still like to see that organizational chart.

It is insanity that we would continue to push against what Congress has already been very, very clear about, that we do not support those cuts.

I don't see the increase in tenant-based rental assistance that that would require.

I think there are two aspects of this if I may break it down this way.

I am just puzzled by this budget request at exactly how we are supposed to interpret your approach to this.

I believe that it is quite practical.

We passed such a bill in the House. The sponsor was Representative Chuy Garcia, passed in September, sitting on Mitch McConnell's desk.

So you are giving me that commitment today?

Survivors of natural disasters need assistance and support, not rhetoric about how messed up their government is, not politics, not bureaucracy.

This subcommittee knows that the unmet needs in our community our communities are immense.

Stable housing is a basic human need and the foundation upon which people build their lives.

Maybe we should stop helping the top 1 percent, and start helping the poor working-class communities across America that are the backbone of our economy.

I urge the Department to reverse course when it comes to the cruel and misguided attempts to block assistance to families with mixed immigration status.

If there is more information of that sort, clarifications, we will welcome that as we compile the hearing record.

I want, on the way out, to signal a concern of my own regarding truck safety.

We are hopeful that we will meet this statutory deadline, but there is a broader problem that we need to address.

I appreciate that the DOT has initiated the six grant cycles, you know, over these 10 programs.

It is imperative that you complete work, of course, on the 2019 awards, because we have to move forward with the 2020 awards.