"Urban areas do not have a monopoly on economic development and housing needs."
"Let me ask about the HOPE for Homeowners foreclosure prevention initiative."
"I have long raised concerns about the solvency of the FHA's MMI Fund and I want to make sure that our Nation's taxpayers are not exposed to the elevated risk of re-default of these already troubled mo..."
"So some tools to make sure you have got some control on it?"
"What about the reverse mortgage, HECM program, for seniors to reverse mortgage?"
"That, we know, is going to enable more families to afford housing and provide an important jolt to the housing market."
"the President's budget included $17.8 billion in total resources for the tenant-based rental assistance."
"Section 8 tenant-based rental, a critical tool for a lot of our families today."
"Congress has struggled for a long time to balance the need to serve as many families as possible with the need to ensure that we are managing the growth in this program's cost."
"What we do not want people to have is the promise of vouchers for a budget that in the future we cannot sustain."
"But I do need to signal to you some major challenges with the transformation initiative proposal that you put forth."
"What we need to see for our oversight and for our appropriations mark this year is what those initiatives are going to cost this year."