Hearing Turns Heated Over Housing and Immigration Claims (Full Transcript)

A committee exchange devolves into interruptions as members clash over Trump, housing affordability, and allegations about immigrants affecting housing supply.

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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Secretary Benson, will you be the boss of reason in the administration and urge Trump to stop waging a war on American consumers and on housing affordability and putting the economy at risk? Yes or no? You don't have to explain.

[00:00:16] Speaker 2: Will you be the boss? Will you be the boss? Will you be the boss?

[00:00:20] Speaker 3: Will you be the boss of reason? Will you be the boss of reason? Yes or no? Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time. Reclaiming my time was a mass embezzled immigration you let in between ten and twenty million immigrants who took up the housing stock.

[00:00:38] Speaker 4: Ten and twenty million immigrants took up the housing stock of working Americans, and can you maintian some level of dignity. Your gentleman's time has expired.

[00:00:48] Speaker 1: No, my time has not expired.

[00:00:50] Speaker 4: Your time has expired.

[00:00:51] Speaker 1: The gentleman took up my time. my time.

Summary

A tense exchange in what appears to be a congressional hearing: a questioner asks Secretary Benson to push Trump to stop policies framed as harming consumers and housing affordability. Multiple speakers interrupt, one repeatedly demanding a yes/no answer and invoking 'reclaiming my time.' Another speaker alleges that between 10 and 20 million immigrants have taken up U.S. housing stock. The chair attempts to restore order and declares the questioner's time expired, which the questioner disputes, claiming others used up his time.

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Heated Hearing Exchange Over Housing, Trump, and Immigration Claims

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Key Takeaways

The question centers on whether Secretary Benson will pressure Trump to stop actions portrayed as hurting consumers and housing affordability.
Proceedings become disorderly with repeated interruptions and demands for a yes/no response.
A claim is made—without evidence in the excerpt—that 10–20 million immigrants have reduced housing availability for working Americans.
The chair enforces time rules, declaring the speaker’s time expired; the speaker contests this, arguing interruptions consumed his allotted time.

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Negative: The tone is confrontational and chaotic, marked by repeated interruptions, accusations, and procedural disputes about speaking time.

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