James Norton said "in one of the great ironies of this session, I am forced to ask for a no vote on the D.C. conference report that will come before us later today. My appropriation is actually a local budget with the old federal payment now abolished. Though the budget comes balanced, replete with tax cuts and a surplus, it has proved needlessly contentious here, dragging Members into local matters that most want to avoid as somebody else's business about which Members necessarily know little. The new Mayor, revitalized City Council and I cannot live with back-door approaches to weakened self-government. Take it straight from D.C. itself. We all ask for a no vote on the D.C. conference report." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 9, 1999

in one of the great ironies of this session, I am forced to ask for a no vote on the D.C. conference report that will come before us later today. My appropriation is actually a local budget with the old federal payment now abolished. Though the budget comes balanced, replete with tax cuts and a surplus, it has proved needlessly contentious here, dragging Members into local matters that most want to avoid as somebody else's business about which Members necessarily know little. The new Mayor, revitalized City Council and I cannot live with back-door approaches to weakened self-government. Take it straight from D.C. itself. We all ask for a no vote on the D.C. conference report.

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James Norton

Ohio

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Opposing the D.C. conference report during a House floor debate.

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