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stated on July 29, 2021 in an image:

“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”

By Emily Tian • August 27, 2021
Tom Cotton
stated on April 8, 2021 in a tweet:

“New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.”

By Cassidey Kavathas • May 18, 2021
Tammy Duckworth
stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 20, 2019
Jeb Bush
stated on December 28, 2015 in remarks at a Florida campaign stop:

"In Houston, Texas, today, there are no homeless veterans."

By Emma Hinchliffe • January 15, 2016