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

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

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

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

We have kicked the can down the road long enough. We urge Congress to act on a variety of legislative proposals.

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.

I have never in my time in public service seen school districts having to buy houses to rent to their employees because the housing crunch is so serious.

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

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.

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.

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

It's a priority that cuts across State lines and political lines, and it's clear there are already bold, bipartisan ideas on the table.

Senator Wyden has very well described those efforts.

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

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

I urge all committee members to support this change.

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

We have kicked the can down the road long enough. We urge Congress to act on a variety of legislative proposals.

We urge Congress to finance an additional 344,000 affordable homes by enacting Chairman Wyden's proposed Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit.

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

obviously, as he indicated, our chair, Senator Wyden, has introduced the Decent, Affordable, and Safe Housing for All (or DASH) Act.

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

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have three requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…