"We need the political leadership."
"There has been an increase in demand by 12 percent, but they have cut the program $257 million."
"This President is a fighter and he has got amazing will and he has risen above what is the typical political culture, and I just plead with him through you to make this a priority."
"But I know you know that if we are really going to solve the debt issue and stave off a crisis and commit to our children a strong, safe, and free America, we have got to go bigger on these entitlemen..."
"I am encouraged by what I have seen, the results and the actions of this President, and so I want to start with a praise that this President has put our safety and security first."
"He has done exactly what he said he would do, and he is a promise keeper and I appreciate that."
"Sustainability as in their ability to sustain their independence and--because of employment?"
"Is it housing or is it the job that allows them to sustain self-sufficiency so that they can have that independence and pay the rent and feel the dignity of all that is involved in that?"
"So, just back to my original question, I think you are saying that the underlying issue with homelessness, or at least a major underlying issue is employment, underemployment."
"I associate myself with much of what you said and what my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have said."
"We just somehow when you walk through these doors and when you are thinking about the customer, which is the veteran, you just put everything aside."