Discussion topics to include:

• FHA / Freddie / Fannie Reform
• Tax Restructuring
• Policies in Support of Sustainable Homeownership
• Preservation of Mortgage Interest Deduction
• Commercial Liquidity
• Long Term Extension of Flood Insurance
• Federal Budget Earmarked for Durham Rail Corridor

Congressman Price, Representative of North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District, received his undergraduate degree at UNC-Chapel Hill and went on to Yale University to earn a Bachelor of Divinity as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science.  Before he began serving in Congress in 1987, Price was a professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University.  He is the author of four books on Congress and the American political system.

Price currently serves on the House Appropriations Committee and chairs the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees funding for the Department of Homeland Security.  He is a member of the Appropriations Subcommittees responsible for funding the Environmental Protection Agency, land and water protection, and housing and transportation programs.  As the chairman of the House Democracy Partnership and an outspoken advocate for Middle East peace, Price is also a recognized leader on foreign policy issues.

In North Carolina, David's constituents know him as a strong supporter of education, accessible health care, affordable housing, clean air and water, and improved transportation alternatives.