We made the biggest investment in climate change in American history last year.

The classification system is now at the point where... it's not serving national security.

We stopped it. We said the biggest fires are now basically going to be treated as the disasters they are.

I'm the author of that legislation with Senator Crapo, so we could end finally this disgrace of fire borrowing.

I think it'd be very good if you could tell the American people why it's important that this past use not be a disqualification to serve your country.

We stopped it. We said the biggest fires are now basically going to be treated as the disasters they are.

We made the biggest investment in climate change in American history last year.

Senator Whitehouse was always out there making the case.

I'm the author of that legislation with Senator Crapo, so we could end finally this disgrace of fire borrowing.

I strongly believe the next opportunity for a big, bipartisan initiative is affordable housing.

We urge Congress to enact the Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit (MIHTC) that Senate Finance Committee Chair Wyden introduced last Congress.

These restrictive zoning laws can hurt local economies--and what is even worse, they often amount to a back-door method of segregation.

Senator Whitehouse was always out there making the case.

My view is, along with mental health care, rural health, and several other topics, affordable housing is an area where this committee can bring together a bipartisan coalition for real progress.

We strongly urge all members of the committee to support this change.

In recent memory the Finance Committee has a proven record of working together, Democrats and Republicans, to solve big, national challenges.

We're causing the problem, driving up the cost by 40 percent, and then we're offering what percent relief from that burden?

the Fire Funding Fix made a tremendous difference, and I could not agree more.

The DASH Act would protect taxpayers' investment in Housing Credit properties by combating two threats to long-term affordability.

Few things unite Americans quite like the feeling that the rent is too damn high, or that saving enough for a down payment is a pipe dream.

Again, Senator Wyden has been a leader in rectifying this problem.

We strongly recommend passage of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021.

We're causing the problem, driving up the cost by 40 percent, and then we're offering what percent relief from that burden?

We need to focus on all that. And by the way, a simpler and more rational tax code would also reduce costs for people as well.

That's why we call on Congress to protect the nonprofit right of first refusal.