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  CHANGES TO THE HEIGHTS ACT: SHAPING WASHINGTON, D.C., FOR THE FUTURE

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                                HEARING

                               before the

                SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE, DISTRICT OF

               COLUMBIA, CENSUS AND THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

                                 of the

                         COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT

                         AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      ONE HUNDRED TWELFTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

                               __________

                             JULY 19, 2012

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                           Serial No. 112-184

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              COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                 DARRELL E. ISSA, California, Chairman
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland, 
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                    Ranking Minority Member
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania    EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio              CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of 
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                         Columbia
JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah                 DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio

CONNIE MACK, Florida                 JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
TIM WALBERG, Michigan                WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan               JIM COOPER, Tennessee
ANN MARIE BUERKLE, New York          GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona               MIKE QUIGLEY, Illinois
RAUL R. LABRADOR, Idaho              DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania         BRUCE L. BRALEY, Iowa
SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee          PETER WELCH, Vermont
JOE WALSH, Illinois                  JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
TREY GOWDY, South Carolina           CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
DENNIS A. ROSS, Florida              JACKIE SPEIER, California
FRANK C. GUINTA, New Hampshire
BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas
MIKE KELLY, Pennsylvania

                   Lawrence J. Brady, Staff Director
                John D. Cuaderes, Deputy Staff Director
                     Robert Borden, General Counsel
                       Linda A. Good, Chief Clerk
                 David Rapallo, Minority Staff Director

   Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the 
                           National Archives

                  TREY GOWDY, South Carolina, Chairman
PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona, Vice         DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois, Ranking 
    Chairman                             Minority Member
DAN BURTON, Indiana                  ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of 
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                    Columbia
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee          CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut
JOE WALSH, Illinois
                            C O N T E N T S

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Hearing held on July 19, 2012....................................     1

                               WITNESSES

Ms. Harriet Tregoning, Director, District of Columbia Office of 
  Planning
    Oral Statement...............................................     5
    Written Statement............................................     7
Mr. Natwar M. Gandhi, Ph.D., Chief Financial Officer, District of 
  Columbia
    Oral Statement...............................................    10
    Written Statement............................................    12
Mr. Marcel C. Acosta, Executive Director, National Capital 
  Planning Commission
    Oral Statement...............................................    18
    Written Statement............................................    20
Mr. Roger K. Lewis, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland 
  School of Architecture
    Oral Statement...............................................    25
    Written Statement............................................    27
Mr. Christopher H. Collins, Counsel, District of Columbia 
  Building Industry Association
    Oral Statement...............................................    30
    Written Statement............................................    32
Ms. Laura M. Richards, Member, Board of Trustees, and Past 
  Chairman, Committee of 100 on the Federal City
    Oral Statement...............................................    37
    Written Statement............................................    39

                                APPENDIX

The Honorable Trey Gowdy, a Member of Congress from the State of 
  South Carolina, Opening Statement..............................    69
Mr. Charles Wilson, Historic Anacostia Block Association, Retain 
  the Height of Buildings Act of 1910............................    70
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