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Ayanna Pressley: “These firings, these unlawful firings, greatly reduce HUD's…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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Ayanna Pressley Grills HUD Secretary on Gutting of Agency, Failure to Address Housing Affordability

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

People like in my district, the Massachusetts 7th, Claire Bergstresser, who was fired from the HUD Region 1 office, which devastated her, but it means that the good work that she was doing is going undone. So These firings, these unlawful firings, greatly reduce HUD's ability to fulfill its mission. So let me just build on that a little bit. On that note, Secretary Turner, for the record, can you tell US what is HUD's mission statement? (01:43–01:52)

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Asserts that unlawful firings at HUD reduce its ability to fulfill its mission.

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