i also want to say thanks to ralph becker for their leadership as well. you have done remarkable work. i'm always impressed with what your doing. i really appreciate it. i see lots of familiar faces around the table. i see some new faces. congratulations to all of you that are just stepping in to your roam as new mayor or relatively recent mayors. before i jump in to the work that hud does, i want you to know a little bit about me, and that i come from where you all live. my job was working for a mayor. i was a housing commissioner new york city. and one of the thicks that i fundamentally understand -- and i understand that whatever we may do or not do here in d.c., and there's been a lot of not doing lately, you have to get your jobs done. you're where the rubber hits the road. and what i'm drn one of the things i want to e show you, i'm wearing my new york city manhole cover cuff links today. [laughter] and they are my favorite cuff links because they remind me why i'm here. that ultimately if the suer system doesn't work, the snow doesn't get employee

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thanks tot to say ralph becker. with what impressed you are doing in your town. i see lots of family or faces around the table. i see some new faces. congratulations to all of you just step into your roles as new mayors or relatively recent mayors. i jump into the work that does, i want you to know a little bit about me. i come from where you all live. what i mean by that is my job immediately prior to working for the president was i work for a mayor and new york city. i was housing commissioner and one of the things i ,undamentally understand puerile la guardia said there's no republican or democratic way to take out the trash. understand that whatever we may do or may not do in d.c., and there has been a lot of not doing lately, you guys have to get your job done. you are where the rubber hits the road. i wanted tohings show you is i'm wearing my new york city manhole cover cufflinks. they are my favorite cufflinks because they remind me why i'm here. ultimately, if the sewer system doesn't work in your town or the trash to get collected or the plowed, myt get

i also want to say thanks to ralph becker and ed pa allow sky for their leadership as well. you have done remarkable work, i'm always impressed with what you're doing in your town too, so really, really appreciate it. and i see lots of familiar faces around the table. i see some new faces. congratulations to all of you that are just stepping into your roles as new mayors or relatively recent mayors. and before i jump into the work that hud does, i just want you to know a little bit about me. and that i come from where you all live. and what i mean by that is my job immediately prior to working for the president was working for a mayor. i was the housing commissioner in new york city, and one of the things i fundamentally understand, you know, one of our favorite mayors in new york history used to say there's no democratic or republican way to take out the trash. and i understand that whatever we may do or not do here in d.c., ask there's been a lot of not doing lately, you guys gotta get your jobs done. you, you're where the rubber hits the road. and one of the things i want

ralph. i want to call mayor stanton in phoenix, mayor becker in salt lake city.they may a challenge to get every single chronically homeless vet off the streets and both of them have done that. that is one step toward ending veterans homelessness completely. we are seeing where you make this a priority and focus on it and work with us to bring creative resources, you can do remarkable things. at a time when our trust deficit in government is just as bad as our fiscal deficit, to be able to say to an american that we have gotten our heroes off the streets is a very powerful way to say government works and we can do stuff together that really makes a difference in peoples lives. i want to make sure we are working together. we will be coming back to you ask you to make commitments about what you can do to end veterans homelessness and other forms of homelessness where we have a focus and so stay tuned. we want you to step up and do more on this. i think it is important we recognize, and this comes from my work at the local level, that so often what you see in a fede