[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 97 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H5340]
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                         A NEW DAY IN CONGRESS

  (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 and new Members, take note:
  Soon Members will consider an appropriation of somebody else's money, 
the residents of the District. I appreciate the expeditious way the 
District appropriation is being moved this year.
  The Speaker, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hastert), the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Young), and the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook), 
with whom Mayor Tony Williams and I met early on, understand that D.C. 
should be first, not last.
  We also appreciate the communication that characterizes the process 
led by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Istook) working with the 
ranking member, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran).
  Mr. Speaker, all can see that this is a new day in the District. Let 
us make it a new day in the Congress as well.
  District residents have ordered up a new mayor and a revitalized city 
counsel. They have done their home rule homework. Mayor Williams and 
District officials deserve a new attitude from the Congress. That 
attitude begins with basic respect for D.C. law without appendages, a 
``you-demand'' consent of the governed for my colleagues' constituents. 
Mine deserve the same.

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