"If Trump is serious about draining the swamp, then the President needs to release his tax returns."
"Why adopt this heavy-handed approach to eliminate loan forgiveness programs when, in fact, these are essential and basic to many neighborhoods throughout the country?"
"Loan forgiveness programs have for many years... been a part and parcel of a mechanism to bring professional help and public service to distressed areas across the Nation."
"Why not create an incentive in our higher education system to have the best that are local here to come to those districts?"
"This heartless budget prioritizes building a border wall over diplomacy and housing the poor."
"Trump's budget request is cold. It is a coldhearted budget, stripping funding from longstanding federal programs."
"These cuts... would end up costing taxpayers even more than if we invest now."
"Cutting these programs is just unconscionable."
"This provides funding through April 28, 2017, which is just around the corner."
"This is particularly concerning, as it relates to already poor and struggling communities."
"Public housing is a valuable asset for more than 400,000 New Yorkers."