Jack Reed

The Russian investigation, as you have pointed out, and as all my colleagues have reflected, is one of the most serious hostile acts against this country in our history.

How do you make up the $133 million? Will you borrow it from Treasury?

How are you going to deal with the elimination of this agency in addition to what looks like insufficient funding from our perspective for Homeless Assistance Grants.

First of all, let me just echo the Chairman's comments about the HUD Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program, which has been very successful.

Is that the message you are sending? Lead is important, but not for these 650 children who will be exposed?

The RAD program is interesting, but that is another incentive.

Is particularly interesting that you suggest that due to our fiscal circumstances, certain people cannot be provided affordable housing while other people through of other proposals, such as tax proposals, are getting--if they…

Most of these projects do not get built so that they can take advantage of Low Income Housing Tax Credits unless there is a HOME program the CDBG program, or some other incentive for funding from the private entity to come in.

We have all seen how effective CDBG is. The program is effective because it not only empowers local communities, but it also involves, in many cases, private investment.

Despite the President's commitment to the American people that funding for the border wall would not come at the expense of critical Federal programs that make the American dream possible, his budget proposal does just that.

These drastic cuts will be devastating for communities across the nation.

I see in the budget it has been zeroed out essentially.

Will you support our efforts to restore it?

The Trump administration is going to intervene in local zoning to make it more efficient and effective to develop affordable housing?

I am concerned about the cuts to CDBG.

We also have the opportunity to reject your suggestions and increase significantly the Pell Grants.

Let me turn now to the higher education issues. The Pell Grant you seem to be suggesting as the appropriate mechanism...

Thank you, gentlemen, for your service. And please tell all the men and women of the Navy and the Marine Corps, well done.

If he has such a document, that would credence to his testimony.

The National Military Strategy is organized, appropriately so, around the so-called 'Four plus one' primary threats facing our nation today--namely Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and the enduring non-state challenge of violent extremism.

After the recent revelation that President Trump shared highly classified information with the Russian foreign minister, reportedly information given to him by an ally but shared without its knowledge, do you have concerns about the…

You noted in your testimony the importance of the work done in the Treasury Department to identify and disrupt terrorist activities specifically by targeting their financial networks.

Like any business, the enterprises need some kind of buffer to shield against short-term operating losses.

I think that could be helpful.

I concur entirely. I thank you again for hosting this hearing.