On the recordNovember 12, 1997
I am asking for a bipartisan vote for the D.C. appropriation. There are issues in this bill I would change, and my colleagues may feel the same. But Congress is not a consensus organization. Moreover, this is not Congress' money. There is only a token amount of Federal money in this appropriation, and that is mostly from the D.C. rescue package, not new money. Imagine how it would feel if my colleagues had to come before this body to get permission to spend money raised by their taxpayers at home. The issues that divided the House into two camps, such as vouchers, are gone. So are some items that would cripple the control board and management reform. I agree with Mr. Taylor and Mr. Davis and some of the criticisms that they have of the control board in the District. I am most willing to work with them. This is a tough, prudent budget of the kind the Congress has demanded. The District has accepted it. Let us pass it.
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