Gillibrand Exasperated by HUD Chief’s Testimony: ‘Stop Talking About Biden’
Gillibrand said HUD’s delayed homelessness report and budget cuts hinder Congress as Turner defended the Trump administration’s plan and cited 770,000 homeless people.
- During a Thursday Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand rebuked Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner for repeatedly referencing the Biden administration instead of defending his own record.
- President Donald Trump's proposed $10.7 billion in cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development fiscal 2027 budget would significantly worsen the homelessness crisis, bipartisan lawmakers warned this week.
- Gillibrand criticized Turner for a year-long delay in the HUD homeless data report, telling him to "Stop with excuses, just explain your record" after he blamed the previous administration for homelessness figures.
- Housing advocates warned that eliminating the continuum of care program could strip permanent housing funding from over 200,000 people, repeating a policy Congress rejected last year.
- Republican subcommittee members also vowed to combat the proposed $467 million cut to Native American housing programs, with Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., arguing conditions in areas like Pine Ridge are unacceptable.
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Gillibrand exasperated by HUD chief’s testimony: ‘Stop talking about Biden’
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner got into a heated discussion on Thursday, with the New York Democrat raising her voice at Turner over his repeated references to the Biden administration. During a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Turner noted…
Gillibrand Explodes After HUD Secretary Repeatedly Brings Up Biden In His Senate Testimony: "Oh My God!"
SCOTT TURNER: “What I will say, and I offer this, is number one: the point in time report and the Biden administration HUD said that we had 770,000 people in America that were homeless at one given time; and this is with record funding. So we have record funding, but yet we have an increase in street homelessness.” SEN. KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND: “Right, so what is your record? You’ve had this job for well over a year! I just wanna know, did you get th…
"Stop Talking About Biden": HUD Secretary's BDS Gets Totally Shut Down
Congressional oversight hearings are often performative on all sides, but they do serve to actually conduct oversight and assess how policies are being implemented and their effectiveness. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) was trying to ask HUD Secretary Scott Turner about his department’s policies on homelessness.PoliticusUSA is 100% independent news and opinion. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Subscribe nowTurner said, “What I will say, and I…
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