We need to bring down the cost of housing. And the way we do that is to increase housing supply all across this country. We're 3 million units of housing short, and we need urban housing, rural housing, housing for first time homebuyers, housing for renters, housing for seniors, housing for people with disabilities. So I had worked with Chairman Tim Scott, the Republican chair of the Banking Committee. We put together a bill that had 40 proposals in it. (03:12–03:25)
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