Steve Lynch: “Then--so that, I believe, hurts his credibility, does it not?”

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…

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

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…

Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning on behalf of our friend and colleague Gerry Connolly, the gentleman from Virginia, with the hope of infusing this debate with his passion and wisdom on behalf of the Federal workers for whom there was no…