Political Quotes

“as I stated the day the Government Reform and Oversight Committee favorably reported this bill, I believe the district of Columbia will today move one step closer to self-sufficiency, to financial independence, perhaps even to true home rule. The District government is bankrupt. In about 1 month, the city government will not have the money to pay the bills that await. The legislation we are about to pass is designed to reverse that crisis and put the residents of the District and their government back on sound financial track. While I want the D.C. Subcommittee Chairman, Tom Davis, to summarize this legislation, I want to remind my colleagues that while other solutions to the District's problems were available, none of them provide the appropriate answers at this time. Some have called for a cash bailout--a solution that is simply unacceptable to this Member of Congress and I suspect a majority of my colleagues. It is quite obvious that without meaningful government reform and strong fiscal discipline, there is absolutely no evidence that a large infusion of cash would permanently relieve the underlying causes of the District's current budget crisis.”