John Mica actually said...

Virginia needs to step up to the plate, Maryland needs to step up to the plate, and the District with that huge surplus now needs to step up...

God forbid we should give them a lease on doing things with private property and moving projects ahead.

I am not going to bail you out. I am not going to support bailing out the District of Columbia.

It's the procedures. They're cumbersome. They're outdated. They're bureaucratic. There's red tape.