let me bring up cdbg, here.'m very familiar with community developing block grants, because i was a mayor. cdbg was not funded, is it accurate to say that all of the programs and services offered through those programs would no longer be funded? dir. vought: of course not. they would be other opportunities for those activities and initiatives to be funded. >> what would it require of those local governments to do? dir. vought: they would have to either look for other opportunities from the federal government to absorb that, or have to rely more on the tax base of their local community so it is less of a revenue transfer from the federal government. >> the menu of things they already fund outside of the programs funded by cdbg, would it not be fair to say they would have to go back through their priorities and determine what if any of those programs funded by cdbg would need to be picked up by say the general fund? dir. vought: absolutely. >> isn't that what the federal government should do? dir. vought: we belie

let me bring up cdbg for just a minute because mr. series talked about this with community block grant because i was a mayor. and i just want to ask you if in fact, cdbg was not funded is it accurate to say that all of the programs, and all of the services offered through those cbd g programs are no longer be funded? see meghan of course not they would be other opportunities for those activities to be funded. >> what would be required for the local governments to do? >> they would have to either look for other opportunities for the federal government to absorb that or they would have to rely more on the tax base of their local community. such less of a revenue transfer from the federal government. >> but the menu of things they already find, outside of the programs funded by cbd g, would it not be fair to be saved that they would have to go back to their priorities and determine what, if any of those programs funded by cbd g would need to be picked up by say the general fund? >> absolutely. >> isn't that with the federal government sh

the cdbg funds, how did the redevelopment agency get involved? what was your interest interest in the property? >> there was an initial food desert essentially in bayview, and there was an ask to interest the safeway had closed, and there was interest in helping attract a full-service grocery store to the community at that time. >> did the redevelopment agency put money into the property? that's what my question is. >> we did. we put some tenant improvements into the property at the time. it was an existing building from 1964 i believe. >> so it was built in 1964 and you bought it in 1990? >> right. and we had a small, i think it was a few hundred thousand, it was not a significant tenant improvement loan. >> i'm asking if the bulk of the funds were cbgg why was the property under your jurisdiction and not the mayor's office of housing originally if all you put in was tenant improvement money? >> i wasn't there at the time so i don't know the origin of the original ask. it was a survey project area. it was not a project area at the time. >> so wh

the cdbg funds, how did the redevelopment agency get involved?ur interest interest in the property? >> there was an initial food desert essentially in bayview, and there was an ask to interest the safeway had closed, and there was interest in helping attract a full-service grocery store to the community at that time. >> did the redevelopment agency put money into the property? that's what my question is. >> we did. we put some tenant improvements into the property at the time. it was an existing building from 1964 i believe. >> so it was built in 1964 and you bought it in 1990? >> right. and we had a small, i think it was a few hundred thousand, it was not a significant tenant improvement loan. >> i'm asking if the bulk of the funds were cbgg why was the property under your jurisdiction and not the mayor's office of housing originally if all you put in was tenant improvement money? >> i wasn't there at the time so i don't know the origin of the original ask. it was a survey project area. it was not a project area at the time. >> so why now are yo

vought: not new ones at that level. >> we need a cdbg dr authorization. we're hoping that our friend mitch mcconnell will agree with that. >> we are apportioning everything hud needs to move forward with funding. we provided the initial $1.5 billion and an additional $8.2 billion for unmet needs. here is the issue, we don't want this money to go to waste. we want it to help the people of puerto rico. we want to make sure that they don't all get it one lump sum and it overwhelms their political system where they had a governor that had to resign for corruption where fema finds undistributed -- >> has anybody remotely suggested you should hand the money in one lump sum? dir. vought: your question suggests -- >> no, it doesn't. these are statutory deadlines. it turns out when deadlines are missed, we put them in statute. there are ample, ample opportunities, checkpoints, for judgments to be made about letting this or that go forward. that's not what i'm asking you. i am asking you about what the hud people tell us, that they have had trouble getting authorit

>> not new ones at that level. >> we need a cdbg dr authorization. we're hoping that our friend mitch mcconnell will agree with that. we've passed it in the house. my question has to do with the testimony, let me move directly to that, the testimony of h.u.d., that you haven't authorized them to request the funding. this is dually appropriated funding, a bill signed by the president? >> we are apportioning everything h.u.d. needs to be able to move forward with the funding. we provided the initial 1.5 billion. we are working on getting the grant agreement done right pop here's the issue, congressman. we don't want this money to go to waste. we want it to help the people of puerto rico. we want to make sure that they don't all get it one lump sum and it overwhelms their political system where they had a governor that had to resign for corruption where fema finds undistributed -- >> has anybody suggested you should hand the money over in one lump sum? >> your question suggests it. >> no, it doesn't. these are in tranchez and there are deadlines, statut

and i would remind colleagues that cdbg money from earlier disasters cannot be used for earthquake relief. we need this bill. the bill also provides targeted resources for puerto rico's school system, as well as nutrition assistance and tax relief for low-income families and small businesses. when it comes to disaster leaf, we should be putting politics aside. there should be widespread consensus that the federal government should be there as an active partner in a recovery effort. unfortunately, for far too long the trump administration has err representative-elected arbitrary barriers that have hindered puerto rico's recovery. they contributed to desperate conditions in many places on the island. for example, h.u.d. refused to provide more than $16 billion in already appropriated recovery funds for nearly 700 days. h.u.d. officials admitted during a hearing before our subcommittee that they willingly ignored a statutory deadline requiring them to move forward. now h.u.d. is imposing special grant conditions and other requirements on puerto rico which will slow down the recovery effort e