Eleanor Holmes Norton

We didn't sign to pay for innovations. We signed--we didn't sign to pay for cost overruns and that is what is happening.

I do want to note that I have been concerned with the Federal work force for some time and had a bill in before we attained the majority aimed at recruiting new Federal workers.

I was astounded to find out that essentially only 20 percent of Federal IT workers are under the age of 40.

This failure, I want to focus on this really abject failure to modernize the IT in the Federal sector.

The first thing I want to do is to thank you for this hearing. It is a very important hearing.

Imagine if that happened to the capital of the United States.

I want to thank the chair for this really important and timely hearing.

This is one of the very few bills that is moving forward during this pandemic, and it is named H.R. 2, which means it was of great importance even before the pandemic. The transportation bills we have been filing have been essentially flat…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from the District of Columbia has 30 seconds remaining.

Important to note that Maryland permanently ceded the land that now is part of the District of Columbia. You can't get back what you permanently ceded. And it is important to note that we have had several Members from Maryland speak. Mr…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from the District of Columbia has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining.

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from the District of Columbia has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I say to the gentleman, paying Federal taxes, that says everything about the desire of citizens of Washington, D.C. to be equal, that we are quite willing to continue to pay Federal income tax. And I appreciate his amendment. We have…

The last thing we have to be concerned about is whether or not the 23rd Amendment will be repealed, and the bill, H.R. 51, contains an expedited procedure for that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer)…

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Kelly).

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland State (Mr. Sarbanes), my good friend, that ceded land in perpetuity out of which the District of Columbia was formed.

It is interesting to note that the gentleman's amendment to cede the District of Columbia back to Maryland did not have the consent of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly), my good friend.

I speak of the flattery we give ourselves of democracy here and around the world. With the passage of this rule and of the D.C. statehood bill, that flattery at least and at last will be deserved.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I didn't know until he indicated he had gone to Howard University here; that is just another plus mark because he has already got a lot of pluses as far as I am concerned. Madam Speaker, the rule before…

I do want to say because it was remarked that we should be meeting in here, in the Nation's Capital.

I come to the floor to echo the rising chorus for a fifth coronavirus bill and to applaud three vital provisions addressed to the special circumstances of the District of Columbia in that bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats have…

I am concerned about our health care providers and our first responders.

Is the--is the Health and Human Services Department taking any steps here in the United States to boost production of these supplies?

Well, we will be sure that--because we are working on a bill as I speak, trying to make it a bipartisan bill.

there was no mention of the climate change that may be the cause of these increases, and the seriousness.