Bestselling novelist. Get our complete we can schedule at cspan. Org in his weekly address this week the president supports passage of the Fair Housing Act. Senator warren Lamar Alexander of tennessee has the republican response. President obama hi, everybody. Its our job as citizens to make sure we keep pushing this country we love toward our most cherished ideals that all of us are created equal, and all of us deserve an equal shot. This week, my administration took new steps to bring us closer to that goal. Almost 50 years ago, republicans and democrats in congress came together to pass the Fair Housing Act. Its a law that says landlords cant turn away tenants solely because of their race, religion, sex, national origin, or disability. And it made a difference in this country. Still, the work of the Fair Housing Act remains unfinished. Just a few weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that policies segregating minorities in poor neighborhoods, even unintentionally, are against the law.