Robert Menendez actually said...

"I greatly appreciate your invitation and am honored to be here today to testify before the Subcommittee regarding, 'The Choice Neighborhoods Initiative: A New Community Development Model.'"

"Three-hundred-fifty million dollars spread over the United States for distressed neighborhoods is a drop in the bucket."

"I remain concerned about the negative effects on the physical state of public housing throughout the country during a time of declining Federal and State budgets for housing assistance."

"I am hoping that Choice Neighborhoods can go beyond that."