On the recordMarch 1, 2023
I don't know that there is much left to say on the substance of this amendment. I did hear my colleague from Pennsylvania make some sort of disparaging remark about Maryland and about how he didn't live in Maryland, where, apparently, we don't understand the value of money. Well, the land where we actually are standing today used to be part of Maryland. It was ceded by Maryland to Congress for the purpose of creating the District of Columbia. When our Capitol came under attack by violent insurrectionists and those who were chanting ``hang Mike Pence'' and who were determined to overthrow the 2020 Presidential election, there were hundreds of police officers who came from Maryland to join the Metropolitan Police Department and the Capitol Police officers in defense of the Capitol of the United States. I take umbrage at any insinuation that the people of Maryland need to take a back seat to anybody in terms of the defense of the principles of this country. I would thank Mr. Perry for a correction about that. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
