Political Quotes

“I ask my colleagues, in the words of the old adage, to consider the source or, shall I say, consider the sources. The only Members who have come to the floor to support the repeal of the District's residency law have been suburban Members who are selfishly interested in the outcome of this repeal. Exclusively, we have heard from suburban Members. They have ignored every argument in favor of the bill. Waiver, we are told, is not good enough. There will be a bureaucracy, and it will not be waived. Of course, it is in our interest to fill positions. They do not know whether it will be waived or not. But since they do not have an answer, the answer is, I simply reject it without any proof. We are told it is class legislation. Although I have indicated a perfect example, the 911 operators who are likely to be filled by anyone who is competent. I tell my colleagues right now that with all of the movement out of the District, we probably could not fill a police class in the District alone because the standards have been raised. Kids must not have gotten into trouble and the like, for example. There is no class bias here. People who voted for this would hardly have done so considering that they have to run for office in the District of Columbia if there were class bias.”