Carson, a former pediatric neurosurgeon with no government experience, has faced scrutiny about why he wants to run the agency, which provides billions of dollars for public housing and other programs. “It’s a good question,” Carson wrote in prepared remarks released ahead of his hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. In one of his few pronouncements on housing policy, Carson wrote a 2015 opinion piece that questioned a new fair housing rule by the Obama administration. Caption President Obama's farewell address President Obama delivered his farewell speech Tuesday in Chicago. Caption President Obama's farewell address President Obama delivered his farewell speech Tuesday in Chicago.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 12, 2017 11:02 UTC