Charles Taylor: “Mr. Chairman, of course taking the suggestion of the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran], we could just abolish the…”

“Mr. Chairman, of course taking the suggestion of the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. Moran], we could just abolish the House and just let the Senate make our determinations and we could all go home. But many of us think we have additional ideas that we would like to put forth. There is some hypocrisy, Mr. Chairman, about the items that we have inserted here. First of all, the Constitution lays at the steps of the Congress, the management of the District of Columbia. It is our full responsibility. And we can certainly work with the city council and the administration, but we bear the responsibility for legislation for the Nations Capital. Second, many times it serves the minority's interests well when they do not go with the city, and sometimes they want to go with the city. For instance, the administration, without any consultation with Congress, without any consultation with the city council, closed a section of Pennsylvania Avenue, at great inconvenience to the people of this city. Now, without getting into the debate, I have put language in our bill to reopen, that closed section because we have no evidence that that was closed with good reason.”