03/02/2011
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"Millions of lives depend on HUD upholding its mandate of decent, safe, and sanitary housing."
"But I am proud that this subcommittee under the leadership of then Chairman, Mario Diaz-Balart, rejected those cuts on a bipartisan basis."
"the confidence that landlords no longer have in the Federal Government is a cost of doing business, and not just a cost of doing business, it is a cost of protecting a victim of violence."
"It is a matter of political judgment. It is a matter of political priority setting."