I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development.

In 1965, I marched for equality.

We believe that, by the time that we leave office, it will be institutionalized, and these programs will be addressing the needs and curing the problem that we set out to do.

They take pride in their schools. They begin to participate, where, when they are renters, they don't do that. So what we're doing by this program is strengthening America.

The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

So, we're saying, if we can give developers and builders incentives to cut down on the regulatory barriers that are faced in this country, then we might be able to address the needs of affordable housing.

So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

You can't rise as a class. You have to rise individually. It's what many of the civil rights-era people don't understand.

In the final analysis, it is your decision to make, but it doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to move.

The other part of outsourcing is this: it simply says where the work can be done outside better than it can be done inside, we should do it.