Famous Quotes & Sayings

The overall goal is to use wood resources and technology to drive economic development around housing. It's a high-quality affordable housing option that could drive as much as 90 percent of the labor costs out of a traditionally built house.

Martin O'Malley

The answers to feeding hungry children is not fewer dollars to feed hungry children, it's to do more. It is to raise the minimum wage. It is to increase, not dismantle, the earned income tax credit. It is to make college more affordable for more middle class families, not more expensive. These are the things that grow our middle class.

We have tried to make the festival affordable to families who might like to come for the weekend. We have expanded our camping spaces because some people like to stay right on site. We have not increased our prices.

Sander Levin

In terms of Medicare, I'm in favor of sitting down and having a serious discussion about the likely impact of the Affordable Care Act, health-care reform, on the cost issue and changing the fee-for-service structure.

Sander Levin

It is imperative that women have quality affordable day care available to them because without it, families suffer.

We have this huge need (for affordable housing), and we thought, how in the world can we begin to satisfy the need?

Typically Virginia ranks among the 10 most affordable states to buy gas in.

Mike Enzi

Today's vote is the first major step in 15 years toward more affordable health insurance options for small business and working families. The people who make up the bedrock of our economy - small, family owned businesses, have demanded change.

We're working hard to make the housing department more efficient and provide more affordable housing. Those efforts aren't diminished. But we're complying with what the Housing and Urban Development department has said.

With the unemployment rate at a low of 4.3 percent and mortgage rates remaining at present affordable levels, we expect the housing market to continue to be strong into the coming months.

Mark McKinnon

Wind and solar power are land-intensive, a green sin, but not energy-dense, and affordable only when heavily subsidized. And wind power must be supplemented with hydrocarbons for reliability.

We have a lot of affordable housing. That is not the big hurdle.

We continue to be excited about the prospect of renovating the building to provide 41 units of affordable housing for seniors in the area.

Joe Klein

I think this is an indication of the strength and quality of the Atlantic League. The teams in our league have continued to offer quality, affordable family entertainment and, with the playoff races coming down to the wire, our fans have continued to show great support.

Tom Fitzgerald

I'm hearing this a lot -- affordable housing. That's a serious problem, and it shows when businesses are trying to recruit (people) to come here.

Barney Frank

I have done a lot of work for affordable housing, rental housing. I understand the rap on me and other liberals is, oh, we push poor people into homeownership. And it's exactly the opposite of the case. We were trying to prevent those kinds of bad loans.

Mark Kennedy

The Prescription Drug Benefit we passed in Congress is already working to make prescription drugs available and affordable for all seniors who depend on them, through the drug card that became available last year.

The Prepaid College Plan provides Florida families with an affordable means to save for their children's future college expenses. Families can save hundreds -- if not thousands -- of dollars by locking in the prices now and avoid paying higher fees in the future. If families were ever considering college for their children, now is the time to enroll in the Prepaid College Plan.

We are committed to the development of this project and plan to move ahead to bring this region much needed affordable supplies of natural gas for homes and businesses, in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

We are committed to improving the lives of women who have or who have had breast cancer. Whether it's enhancing their family's financial security by making life insurance more affordable -- or helping them physically and emotionally recover from fighting the disease -- The Hartford wants to make a difference.

Kathleen Sebelius

I think one of the most underreported and untouted benefits of the Affordable Care Act is the real investments we are finally making in this country in prevention.

Craig Alexander

We estimate that only Winnipeg and the Atlantic are more affordable than Calgary and Edmonton, but only because home prices in the former two are considerably cheaper than their Alberta counterparts.

I tried all my life to make housing affordable. The more affordable the house, the more money I make.

New television technologies appear ready to take center stage this holiday season, as price declines of 20 percent to 30 percent per annum over the past few years have made flat-panel big-screen prices affordable to upper-middle-class and even middle-class households,

New technologies at more affordable prices gave people a lot of incentive to get the necessities and a little something extra last year. It's the beginning of a trend that we should see continue through 2006, which will benefit not only the consumer, but the manufacturers as well.

One of the most disappointing things is we don't see enough residential construction - especially affordable housing.

Lewis Jordan

Because the wireless infrastructure is already in place, it will be easy and affordable to narrow the 'Digital Divide' for our citizens and to use technology as an educational tool to help public housing residents move closer to self-sufficiency.

China and Russia are two expanding economies and we hope by offering consumers high quality, affordable product we can take a bite out of piracy.

Ralph Goodale

I'm always interested in finding the ways to reduce the tax burden on Canadians, provided that the tax reductions are sensible and sustainable and affordable and provided that we can meet all of our other obligations to deliver programs and services,

From auto, property and life insurance to retirement annuities, Horace Mann is dedicated to helping America's educators develop insurance and retirement plans to meet their unique needs - at an affordable price.

I don't want people buying their way out of affordable housing.

Bob DuPuy

From the standpoint of family entertainment, baseball remains very affordable compared against comparable entertainment. MLB is a special, but fairly priced, family fare.

Today, an affordable home on the island, for a family, is $300,000, $350,000. It's really sad, but it's true ... many of the local people can't begin to afford the houses.