03/19/2009
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"We appreciate the leadership of the Subcommittee on Highways & Transit and the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, & Hazardous Materials on this important topic."
"Our jurisdiction wants to provide on their own, pay for abortion services for low-income women the way almost 20 states already do."
"We are trying to make the District of Columbia the 51st state."
"I represent 700,000 residents. They pay the highest Federal taxes-this is a little-known fact-highest Federal taxes per capita in the United States."