Well, because that goes to funding for Legal Services.

We are here to listen to you and to find the right solution for you here in Detroit.

We need compensation. And providing compensation is the only way that we can ensure people are held to account.

I am just sitting here, almost shocked.

That is just outrageous. No, that is not a Federal law.

Do you believe that the administration in Detroit is operating in a similar fashion today? Is this just modern redlining?

I think we should really address some of those issues, particularly when it comes to any more of these remaining Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

I just wanted to submit for the record... about a 16-year-old child's death.

Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 3239, a bill introduced by my friend and colleague from California, Congressman Raul Ruiz, and which I proudly cosponsor. The humanitarian crisis at the southern border is greatly worsened by…

Thank you, Madam Chair. Before I begin my questions I wanted to thank Representative Cline for acknowledging that we, in fact, have been drafting bills to try to address a lot of these issues.

I really did take exception with Ranking Member Collins making a suggestion that all we are doing is having hearings but that there is no action, that we believe to file bills.