[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 49 (Wednesday, April 17, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               A SERIOUS PLAN FOR WHAT AILS THE DISTRICT

  (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, the Washington Post front page story this 
morning is an urgent action alert for this Congress ``In Threadbare 
D.C., Hopes Wear Thin.''
  This Congress, which claims constitutional responsibility for the 
Capitol of the United States, bears a heavy responsibility for the 
decline and fall of the District, at least this year: the shutdown of 
the Government, the holdup in the appropriation, the cuts before a plan 
was in place against the recommendation of your own control board.
  On April 15, I introduced the D.C. Economic Recovery Act, to give a 
tax break to D.C. residents, to stop the hemorrhage of taxpayers out of 
this city. The Washington Times calls it, in a headline in its 
editorial, ``A Serious Plan for What Ails the District.''
  Save the Capitol of the United States before it is too late. It is, I 
remind you what you always tell me, your constitutional responsibility.

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