Americans are a can-do people, an enthusiastic people, a problem-solving people. And when given a direction and given a plan, they'll sign on.

As Secretary of Housing, I do have to express alarm, signal the alarm if you will, that the potential for homelessness to grow is there.

I don't think we have any time to waste.

I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city.

The cancer doesn't bother me. I have great faith that the technology will beat it.

The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart.

We can either allow our youth to shoot baskets or watch them continue to shoot people.