I want to thank our guests here. I am going to be very brief and just say we are very thankful for your service.

I was just down there last weekend in Orocovis and understanding that, as we talked about just a little earlier, about deterred maintenance and some issues with Puerto Rico themselves have had that were not prepared, if you will.

You know, I am not trying to be a jerk, but I am just saying, you know, how are we, in 2018 in the United States of America, and we can't figure out how much savings we can garner from making sure that people have preventative healthcare.

The Library of Congress is one of my favorite institutions on Capitol Hill.

we appreciate it. And we saw you in action just today with a beautiful speech, and I think it shows the importance of how deep your work goes in connecting ourselves, our democracy, with the world and their leaders.

let's get on with the hearing.

Federal Funding goes an incredibly long way to addressing this issue, eradicating homelessness, and expanding access to affordable housing.

Housing affordability is one of the biggest challenges that we face.

As the cost of living increases, it is our responsibility to ensure that our low and middle-income families can continue to call Seattle home.

These Federal Funds that you allocate every year are critical to changing peoples' lives.

I think that is a great way to approach the Transitional Assistance Program, is to get people in.

The literature on this stuff has grown exponentially in the last 10 or 15 years.