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Gillibrand exasperated by HUD chief's testimony: 'Stop talking about Biden'
Key takeaways
- So we have record funding, but yet we have an increase in street homelessness.
- Gillibrand cut him off and asked, So what is your record?
- She then asked Turner how many homeless people were in the department s latest report, questioning whether it was still around 700,000 or if it had increased.
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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 that his department reported that in 2024, more than 770,000 people were homeless at one time — the highest recorded mark in U.S. history.
This is with record funding, Turner noted. So we have record funding, but yet we have an increase in street homelessness.
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