Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, I must admit that I'm the gentleman, the colleague, that walked up to Mr. Dingell and asked him if he'd ever seen it this bad before. And I'm sorry to hear that he did. Because in his 57 years, he covered 57 of my 59 years of life. So I hope I'm not the petulant child when I say that, quite frankly, the disregard over the District of Columbia is on his side of the aisle. It's not an appropriations bill. It's not really part of the CR. The truth is the District of Columbia pulls quarters out of meters every day, and they're not going to be allowed to spend that. They receive revenues from building permits, but they're not going to be able to use that money to keep the people that look at those building permits employed. They receive money from the various services they do, including, obviously, making sure that the property in the District of Columbia is protected. And that creates the property value on which we who own property in the District of Columbia--and I am among them--pay our taxes. Now, the Democrats love to talk about taxation without representation. Well, I'm here today to say, Where is Eleanor Holmes Norton's representation? Give her her due. They're being taxed locally. Those moneys will build up locally. And you're saying they can't spend it? There's no question in your mind that the right thing to do is to pass a CR on everything cleanly. That's good.…”