I can think of no better way to say thank you to all of those who served this Nation than continuing to support those veterans who need our help the most.

I am encouraged that President Obama and Secretary Shinseki have made ending homelessness among veterans a top priority of the new Administration.

I would like to thank you for holding a hearing on this important issue.

I learned to care about public service through not only my work for Senator Dodd, but through the inspiration that he gave many of us.

This program has become overly bureaucratic and has not adapted to complement the good and innovative work... to combat the unrelenting housing crisis.

I have introduced, and have the pleasure of having Senator Johanns as a cosponsor with me, the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act to revise requirements for supportive housing to help people with disabilities live…

In Connecticut, these partnerships have led to a commitment to create about 10,000 new units of permanent supportive housing over the next 10 years.

Congress has done a lot already this year on low income housing policy, and we would see this as the first year of the 111th Congress to be quite historic if we could build on the existing accomplishments by getting these two bills passed…

The legislation that we have introduced... will ensure that the very low-income disabled population will have safe and affordable places to live.

Sometimes, however, even institutional change, even with a new culture, takes time.

We must ensure that retail investors are not relegated to second-tier status.

Is it fair to say that your own agency's data indicates that Fannie and Freddie only held a small share of subprime mortgages and never originated a single subprime mortgage?