[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 12, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      PASS THE TOUGH PRUDENT BUDGET OF THE D.C. APPROPRIATION BILL

  (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 am asking for a bipartisan vote for the 
D.C. appropriation.
  There are issues in this bill I would change, and my colleagues may 
feel the same. But Congress is not a consensus organization. Moreover, 
this is not Congress' money. There is only a token amount of Federal 
money in this appropriation, and that is mostly from the D.C. rescue 
package, not new money.
  Imagine how it would feel if my colleagues had to come before this 
body to get permission to spend money raised by their taxpayers at 
home.
  The issues that divided the House into two camps, such as vouchers, 
are gone. So are some items that would cripple the control board and 
management reform.
  I agree with Mr. Taylor and Mr. Davis and some of the criticisms that 
they have of the control board in the District. I am most willing to 
work with them.
  This is a tough, prudent budget of the kind the Congress has 
demanded. The District has accepted it. Let us pass it.

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