Jack Reed actually said...

It is not just affordable housing, it is safe and affordable housing.

I hope that as a member of the President's Economic Team, you will make stabilizing the housing market one of your chief objectives.

If confirmed, you will, at times, be their only voice in housing policy discussions that occur within the Obama Administration.

I point out in my State of Connecticut, the average two-bedroom apartment, you have got to make $21 an hour to afford it.