04/15/2012
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"Will the EPA commit to treating DC as a State, county, and city in Federal grant programs unless a Federal law expressly precludes such treatment?"
"the District of Columbia operates as the functional equivalent of a State, county, and city, and DC residents pay full Federal taxes."
"So, you will treat DC as a State for these programs?"
"St. Elizabeths, which Representative Norton is very familiar with, has been a consolidation effort for over 15 years."