Eleanor Holmes Norton: “For decades, the Highway Trust Fund has provided a predictable and stable funding source for the construction and…”

In my long career representing D.C. residents in Congress, I have rarely seen a bill as unreasonable and patronizing to the more than 700,000 people who live in the nation’s capital as this one.

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.

FEMA has provided more than $1.6 billion in assistance to more than 910,000 households.

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