James Norton: “I cannot believe that Congress understands what it is doing to the great American city called the District of Columbia.…”

“I cannot believe that Congress understands what it is doing to the great American city called the District of Columbia. They are simply leaving this city hanging by a thread. It is an anomaly that it is here, anyway. This money is the money of the taxpayers of the District of Columbia, but we cannot spend any of it until we bring it over here. We have brought it over here. There have been no changes made in our budget, but D.C. cannot now go about allocating its money and spending the money of its own taxpayers. The urgency of the matter is revealed in a letter that I would like to insert in the Congressional Record from the Mayor and the City Council chair.”