Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

Thank you very much, Chairman Begich, first of all, for your attention to the District, for your assistance to the District, and certainly f...

I decided this year, in introducing it as my first bill of the year, to call it the 'D.C. Paperwork Reduction Act.'

the District dare not spend its funds until it gets permission from the Federal Government.

the very act of bringing the budget here cost the District on Wall Street.