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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbbsj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DE- VELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENGIES AP- PROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 2:00 p.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Susan Collins (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Collins, Boozman, Capito, Reed, Leahy, Mur- ray, and Manchin. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT OF HON. BEN CARSON, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR SUSAN M. COLLINS Senator COLLINS. This subcommittee will come to order. I am very pleased today to welcome the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, who will testify on the Presi- dent's fiscal year 2021 budget request. I am also pleased to be joined by my friend and our ranking member, Senator Jack Reed, and the committee's vice chairman, Senator Leahy. I am sure there will be other senators coming by during the course of the hearing, as well. Thanks to the two-year budget agreement, we were able to pro- vide nearly $57 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the fiscal year 2020 bill. These funds provided rental assistance for seniors and low-income families who might otherwise be of risk of homelessness. The bill helped to provide safe and secure housing for formerly homeless veterans and youth, and it supports critical investments in communities through the HOME and the Community Development Block Grant Programs. The Administration's fiscal year 2021 request for HUD, excluding the FHA and Ginnie Mae receipts, is only $47.9 billion, a reduction of $8.6 billion, and 15 percent below current levels. This request re- flects a significant reduction in the Federal role in housing and community development. Just a few of the programs eliminated in the Administration's budget request include the Community Development Block Grant Program, HOME, VASH and Family Unification vouchers, Youth Homelessness grants, and the Public Housing Capital Fund. The budget request, once again, includes proposals that have been rejected year after year by this subcommittee, and I predict (1)

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