Without budget autonomy, if the Federal Government shuts down, the D.C. government shuts down too.
My concern is, as I've expressed it before, that with the Local Budget Autonomy Act, which will allow officials of the District to spend mon...
It is time for congressional Republicans to get on board.
The chairman of this committee seemed to also threaten jail time for the D.C. city Mayor for implementing the city's marijuana legalization ...
I have consistently supported autonomy for the District and would argue that Congress' actions have actually had a deleterious effect on the...
I certainly hope--Mr. Chairman, I very much appreciate your indulgence because I certainly--as I said, our committee moved unanimously and t...
I'm going to ask you to submit to the chairman within 30 days a date where you--proposed date when you think that WMATA will no longer be pu...
you have so delayed WMATA getting funds due it that it has had to go and do short-term borrowing.
Sir, I asked you a very specific question. My time is running out.
But you've not done short-term borrowing before?
for the first time in its history, this system, Metro, is doing short-term borrowing in order to get operating funds.