Marcia Fudge: “Well, certainly I disagree.”

Lead is a major issue in this country, and we do know that most homes built prior to 1978 have lead paint in them.

We estimate that just from the reduction in the mortgage insurance premium, we are going to help 850,000 people over the next year.

We believe that we are today 1.5 million homes short--housing units short of where we should be.

We have to start building more affordable housing in this country.