"We need to turn these HUD houses around yesterday and to get them back on the market, get them rehabbed."
"Aren't we supposed to be picking up the broken pieces of humanity here that Wall Street has delivered at our feet?"
"You like them too much, you are not really willing to take them on. And it is a sad day for America."
"One of the most interesting parts about serving in Congress is to really understand other Members and how different their districts are than our own."
"I just wanted to continue on my same line of questioning and place on the record that I represent the fifth largest rail center in the country."
"Thank you for your dedication in your life to the field of housing for the most vulnerable in our country."
"You couldn't do enough there. We have the highest rates of suicide in the military now."
"Can we solve the problem, the serious, serious problem of the debt this country is in..."
"I think we ought to do Part D, but we ought to pay for it."
"the solution I see them proposing out there, at least those governors is, Well, get rid of teachers, get rid of police, rather than solve the fundamental problem, which is recovery in the housing sect..."
"Mr. Bush never submitted one single balanced budget to this Congress, because I served during those years."