James M. Jeffords: “let me also make a couple of comments about the District of Columbia, being the chairman of the subcommittee on District…”

“let me also make a couple of comments about the District of Columbia, being the chairman of the subcommittee on District of Columbia appropriations. This also points out how hard strapped the District is with respect to meeting emergencies such as we have had recently. I know I personally have not seen a single snowplow in the days that I have been walking back and forth. I do know that we have a fleet of 50 snowplows, 8 of which are out of service because of mechanical failure. Usually in the past they have had funds available to be able to hire plows. In fact, 4 years ago over 200 private plows were hired to clear the streets. However, sufficient funds were not available. Only 55 private plows have been able to help out. In addition to that, we have another 30 trucks that are sitting there idle because of the failure of the mechanical parts. So I think it is important that we keep in mind that for the District that we have to get their physical matters in shape so that we can handle these kind of problems.”