Ritchie Torres actually said...

"As a matter of good governance, we should allocate resources according to need, and the need lies with the lowest-income Americans."

"We need to create more affordable housing to bridge the gap between supply and demand, but we also need to ensure that the housing we do create is affordable to the poorest Americans."

"The Federal Government has the resources. We invest well over $100 billion annually in housing."

"The systematic defunding of public housing is a bipartisan tradition."