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Scott Turner: “That's why we travel, you know, to make sure that the people…”

Featuring: Scott Turner, Republican | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | National

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HUD Secretary Scott Turner stops in Lansing to talk affordable housing

Published | Video Starts at 15:55

Anderson Junior High. And it reminds me a lot of this place, but they haven't done this. And so that's part of my job. And so, you know, That's why we travel, you know, to make sure that the people of America, be it in Lansing, be it in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Farmers Branch, Texas, Tomahawk, Pennsylvania, and every urban, tribal and rural community that they are achieving the American dream of being taken care of. So from my vantage point and standpoint, that's what we're here. And I do appreciate Channel 6 pointing out that I'm doing my job too well for their standards. (15:55–16:11)

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Asserts that the purpose of the travels is to ensure that people in various communities across America are achieving the American dream and being taken care of.

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