Jeff Merkley actually said...

It has always been the argument and it has never been the case.

The statistics on 2010 alone, preventing 160,000 cases of premature mortality, reducing heart attacks by more than 100,000.

My concern--and it sounds like you are echoing this--is that we essentially put home ownership out of reach of families.

I just want to make sure that those concerns of communities being decimated by this change of policy is getting to your ears.