Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If the gentleman from Florida has no further speakers, I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.”

D.C. has not been treated as a federal agency for funding purposes in more than 20 years precisely because doing so can force dramatic overnight cuts to essential services, including police, sanitation, and schools.

I have urged the administration to remove these troops immediately.

I urge the administration to move forward to finish this rulemaking.

I am outraged at the number and scope of anti-D.C. home rule riders in the bill released today.