Maria Cantwell

I just want to bring up one last point, and that is, does doing nothing save us any money?

Dr. O'Regan, is this the primary tool that we have for fixing this crisis?

If we do not increase the tax credit, how are we going to get out of this crisis?

Well, somebody mentioned to me they thought the number was 25 percent per person.

Thank you for your steadfast support for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and tax-exempt private activity housing bonds.

So health insurers are investing in affordable housing?

The first fact is that we have 15 million people, as Dr. O'Regan was talking about, and that the projections are getting worse.

I am always struck by how people in politics just preach morning, noon, and night about family values.

Thank you for your leadership in introducing the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, S. 548.

We think it's a very valuable tool, and anybody who is going to be helping us with manufacturing and trade, that we have an Export-Import Bank that works, and right now we don't, and we're losing jobs and losing economic opportunity.

The cost of all of this debris does affect our fishing community, our coastal community.

We definitely want to make sure that we get a fair deal for the taxpayer and that royalties obviously are reviewed and updated.

We need to make sure that those individuals who have the experience, who are involved in science, are going to continue to fulfill those responsibilities.

I intend to ask the Inspector General to look into it.

Do you understand the moral obligation here and the size and scope of the largest nuclear waste cleanup site in the entire world and the billions of dollars we spend annually on trying to achieve this goal?

I applaud the FCC's ongoing efforts in the incentive auction.

We're against any change to this rule at this point in time

The FCC should be doing more to look at the communication risks

I'm just thinking it's time to take all of this serious, as so many devices are the most vulnerable entry point.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thanks for scheduling today's hearing on energy and resource security.

I am increasingly concerned that we are running out of time this year, and critical tax policy issues could go unaddressed.

I support comprehensive tax reform that encourages innovation and helps deal with the challenges that that innovation can create.

We literally have a 60-percent increase in the number of people now paying more than 50 percent of their income for housing.

The low-income tax credit has been a great tool.

We need to make sure that, as we look at tax reform, we are focusing on the era that we live in.