[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 205 (Wednesday, December 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H15212]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       FREE THE NATION'S CAPITAL

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to alert this body that 
the Capital of the United States is still hanging out there about to 
choke. The conference report that was to materialize yesterday did not 
because of the complications here and in the Senate.
  The conference report, I am told, will come forward today. That would 
be the ball game. That is the right way to handle this. We are already 
into extra innings that are killing the Capital of the United States.
  An agreement structured by the Speaker himself will come before us as 
the conference report. Vouchers will be out, not because this body 
wanted them out or because the Speaker wanted them out, but because of 
a filibuster in the Senate. It is an act of leadership for the Speaker 
to bring it forward, and I appreciate that. I understand he will speak 
for it.
  It would be easy for this body to sit this out, but nobody wants to 
shut the Capital of the United States down. We are now running on 
empty. Even the gentleman from New York [Mr. Walsh], who does not 
support this report, does not want to shut the District down. Do the 
responsible thing; free the District of Columbia.

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