Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If I had to start, I would blow up the place, give it to Mr. Dowd and say, let's start all over again.”

Making it permanent would add another $4 trillion, with a 'T, to the deficit, leading us on the path to more debt.

I have one response to people with doubts about my ability to serve: Watch me.

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 thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I strongly oppose this rule and the full-year continuing resolution. The CR is an act of fiscal sabotage against D.C. and is an abuse of power over a disenfranchised jurisdiction, the…