The NDAA for Fiscal Year 2013 includes a Senate floor amendment sponsored by Senator Patty Murray that requires DOD to implement a standardize and comprehensive suicide prevention program.

How do we decrease the cost of college itself?

I think it's one of the most compelling issues that we need to address for the future of our country.

all Americans stand with the people of Boston, and that we will bring those people responsible to justice.

Even where these folks are doing a great job...they are also not magicians.

I am no fan of sequestration. We do need to reduce our spending.

HECM loans can be a great resource for seniors who want to stay in their homes, but there are a lot of problems with the current product.

It affects 47,000 of our employees, which is most of them.

For too long, some members of Congress have been unwilling to reach a fair and balanced compromise on deficit reduction.

Frankly, the program needs reforms.

But before we do begin, I do want to just take a moment to remember Senator Frank Lautenberg.

But we are moving forward as if we are enacting a budget that has--well, we will hear from our chairman of the Appropriations Committee what exactly our subcommittee allocations are.

But I just had one final question, and that is that you recently announced a significant reorganization of the Office of Multifamily Housing.

I think it's really important that everybody understands how you got to these decisions and how we're going to move forward on that.

I remain concerned that we must reform our present housing finance programs.

They are losing hope and relief of finally having access to affordable housing. Instead, they are left with frustration and uncertainty.

What will it take to get those contract towers back up and running in fiscal year 2014?

So do you think it makes sense to close some down for the summer?

There are smart ways we can do this, and we have been able to do that in the past.

The President's budget includes an initiative called Ladders to Opportunity, which is focused on creating jobs, attracting private investment, improving educational outcomes, and increasing economic activity in high-poverty communities…

I continue to be concerned by the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) track record with capital programs.

Thanks to the work that you did in the recent continuing resolution, we have gone from expecting about 100,000 people in our homeless programs to be back on the streets--that is down to 60,000.

The subcommittee will come to order.

I'm really pleased that FAA has been working hard on making air traffic more sustainable.

Let me begin by asking a question about FAA's contract tower program.