On the recordFebruary 3, 1999
I have good news about my city and yours. This morning's paper reports that the District of Columbia has a $450 million surplus and a clean audit. Yes, this is the same city that needed a control board three years ago and clearly does not need one now. The District will not even have to use the authority Congress gave it to borrow and eliminate an operating deficit. The city will pay down that large deficit from its own revenue. The surplus is by no means all a matter of a good economy. Cuts in government redundancy and waste and improved tax collections have had a lot to do with it. The District has a new mayor and a reinvigorated city council. A quiet revolution is in progress in the city where this House lives, right under our noses. Look for me to come to the floor often to tell my colleagues what they need to know and, I am sure, what they want to hear about a Nation's Capital where all can be proud.
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