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On the recordApril 13, 2011
I appreciate the gentleman yielding. The majority will allow a vote of every other Member on what affects only my district. No wonder the D.C. mayor, the council and residents have taken to civil disobedience.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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