Eleanor Holmes Norton: “A few minutes ago, we debated an amendment offered by Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama that would prohibit the…”

“A few minutes ago, we debated an amendment offered by Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama that would prohibit the District from spending its own local funds, consisting solely of taxes and fees, to carry out a local D.C. bill, the Health Insurance Requirement Amendment Act of 2018, that requires individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or pay a tax penalty for failure to do so. =========================== NOTE =========================== July 18, 2018, on page H6539, the following appeared: A few minutes ago, we debated an amendment offered by Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama that would prohibit the District from spending its own local funds, The online version has been corrected to read: Ms. NORTON. A few minutes ago, we debated an amendment offered by Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama that would prohibit the District from spending its own local funds, ========================= END NOTE ========================= This amendment before us now offered by this Member, Mr. Rothfus of Pennsylvania, seeks to weaken the coverage requirement by prohibiting D.C. from spending its local funds to carry out a method of tax collection in existing D.C. law to enforce the penalty. Mr. Rothfus has plenty to do representing his own district, but is now venturing far afield into a district represented by another Member of the House of Representatives. In particular, D.C.…”