"I filed a bill to pretty much codify what the case had said."
"Thank you to all the panel for being here because this is something that directly impacts so many of us in and around Texas."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for putting this hearing together. I think it is a very important topic..."
"there is an argument to be made, and I noted that some have said that this whole idea of the deadline, there is no deadline in the actual text of the bill that passed for the ERA, is there?"
"So, for me, it is sort of a little deja vu feeling to be here."
"However, we know that development when done incorrectly in Chicago can lead to gentrification, displacement, and racially inequitable outcomes."
"Housing First is a good example of that and it is the model that we use today to help end homelessness in communities across the country."
"Affordable housing is the key to that."
"Transit-oriented development: The Chicago City Council 5 years ago passed an ordinance encouraging transit-oriented development."
"Housing for poor people, not profits."
"I have seen what the need for housing was then."