Steve Lynch: “I know that Chairman DeFazio has a bill that we are considering right now to provide $55 billion to rail.”

Mr. Speaker, let's take up that challenge. Let's make sure the laws that we have passed in this House apply and are complied with in Washington, D.C. The gentleman may forget, this isn't the first debate we have had about Washington, D.C…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, I have been a Member of Congress for over 20 years, and I have to say that while this may not be the worst, it is in the top three in terms of the worst bills that I have seen…

If you’re not on the committee, under the rules, it makes it very difficult to run.

Let us get back to a granular level where people actually understand what the Census is for.