[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 24, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SUPPORT H.R. 3244

  (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 Capital of the United States is in 
serious disrepair, and I mean a lot more than potholes. It is trying to 
recover by downsizing a loan as no insolvent city has ever done. There 
is Federal responsibility here, including the unfunded pension 
liability that is taking 10 percent of our budget, and that is entirely 
my colleagues' responsibility.
  The time has come to act now. We are a hemorrhaging population. We 
want to revive the District the old-fashioned way, by keeping and 
attracting middle-income residents here. Please support my Federal tax 
cut bill for the District of Columbia; support H.R. 3244. My colleagues 
should assume their share of the responsibility for the Capital of the 
United States.

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