Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If we want the benefits that public transit brings, all levels of Government must be willing to invest in it.”

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…

I urge Members to vote ``no.'' Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Goldman).

Sincerely, Alliance for American Manufacturing.