Congressional oversight hearings are often good for all sides, but they really serve to exercise oversight and evaluate how policies are implemented and their effectiveness.
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) was trying to question HUD Secretary Scott Turner about his department’s homelessness policies.
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Turner said, “What I will say, and I offer this, is number one: The Biden administration’s HUD spot report says we had 770,000 people in America who were homeless at one point, and that was with record funding. So we have record funding, but yet we have an increase in street homelessness.”
Senator Gillibrand asked, “So what’s your record? You’ve been in this position for over a year. I just want to know, have you lowered the number? Do we still have 700,000 homeless people, or is it a million or a million point five? So I understand you want to do things differently. Indeed. And this committee will support you as long as the goals are good. But where are the results? The report is delayed. Over a year…I don’t just don’t want to hear about it. what you don’t like about the Biden administration. You have a vision.
Gillibrand’s question was more than fair. She suggested that she understood that a different administration would want to change policies, but she is open-minded and if the policies help the homeless, she is willing to provide support.