Lyndon Johnson actually said...

If I had the Congressional Medal of Honor, I don't think I would want any other medals either.

I would like to renew that request--out of respect for him--and out of my own concern with this problem.

True concern for the District requires that the Federal Government thus recognize its equitable share of the costs.

In addition to strength and security, we must also have solvency, because unless we are solvent we will have neither strength nor security.