You've testified that the President asked you to lift the cloud by essentially making public statement that exonerated him...

Was that a rather unsubtle attempt to intimidate you from testifying and intimidate anyone else who seriously crosses his path, of not doing it?

the President, I would think, is downplaying the seriousness of this threat.

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.

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.

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

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…

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Will you support our efforts to restore it?

I am concerned about the cuts to CDBG.

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

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

let me thank my colleague, Senator Manchin, for arranging the time to talk about the ongoing opioid epidemic across the country. I know his home State of West Virginia-- much like my home State of Rhode Island--has been hit particularly…

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.

I would like to recognize GEN Daniel B. Allyn for his exemplary dedication to duty and service to the U.S. Army and to our Nation. For the last 3 years, he has served as the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and is planning to retire…