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Albert Russell Wynn: “Mr. Speaker, we in the suburbs do recognize the importance of the District of Columbia to the Nation's vitality. That is…”

On the recordApril 3, 1995
Mr. Speaker, we in the suburbs do recognize the importance of the District of Columbia to the Nation's vitality. That is why I am here to support the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act. I hope my colleagues in this body also recognize the importance of the District of Columbia as the seat of our Nation's Capital and would also support this measure. Looking at our current situation, Mr. Speaker, it is in fact a crisis.
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Albert Russell Wynn
Maryland

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Addressing the importance of the District of Columbia during a discussion on the Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Act.

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