[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 370]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     WELCOME BACK TO OUR GREAT CITY

  (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 come to the floor to welcome back Members. 
Welcome back to the city that is still on the rise, about to report 
another surplus. Welcome back to the city that has been substantially 
helped by this Congress. Welcome back to a city whose improvements 
could be seen as one comes to the House this morning because the 
streets were, of course, cleared. The city now has the funds and the 
wherewithal to act like a city and do what cities do well.
  I am very pleased that the Congress passed my $5,000 home-buyer 
credit because that has helped us to get more people in this city. We 
still need a couple hundred thousand more. And I am going to be coming 
to talk about that with bills this term, but I want to say for the 
people who live in this city that we are very pleased that Congress is 
back.
  I want Members to know that if they have a problem, and inevitably 
even with a government in good working order there will be problems, I 
hope they will come to their Congresswoman while they are away from 
their districts, because that turns out to be me. I will be sending a 
letter to Members about how to do that and how they can maneuver their 
way through problems with the District government. Again, welcome home.

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