I want you to know that we all appreciate your leadership and the way you have worked with the subcommittee.
I think HUD is on the right track. We're certainly anxious to see them do a little bit more.
And you're confident that you can get the grants out under the existing $33 million in such a way that they're ready to ...
These units are very scarce and intended for people who otherwise would be literally homeless.
I would suspect that their system are probably already out of date by many years.
I would like to see more oversight, though, at the local level.
It amounts to what I call partial disarmament on the part of the safety regulator. That is most disturbing.
We avoided that through great leadership, and particularly, Senator Collins and others.
We have not been keeping up with the demand. We have not made the necessary investment to keep pace with this demand.
This gap is not unique to Rhode Island. It spans the entire Nation.
But this discussion is touching upon public housing.