Hon. Thomas M. Davis said "The city needs this money. We have an appropriations bill that I would urge all of my colleagues to support. Our Nation's capital desperately needs this budget bill to be enacted now. Failure to do so would have major negative consequences. Failure to pass this budget now would cause the District of Columbia to slide even further backward. Failure to pass this budget now would be reckless and tragic. This is especially so because this Congress and the last Congress have done so much to get the Nation's Capital on the right track. To defeat the bill at this point would risk doing irreparable harm to our fundamental goals of reform and revitalization of our Nation's Capital. It is wrong to gamble with the lives of millions in this region who depend on an orderly budget process." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 12, 1997

The city needs this money. We have an appropriations bill that I would urge all of my colleagues to support. Our Nation's capital desperately needs this budget bill to be enacted now. Failure to do so would have major negative consequences. Failure to pass this budget now would cause the District of Columbia to slide even further backward. Failure to pass this budget now would be reckless and tragic. This is especially so because this Congress and the last Congress have done so much to get the Nation's Capital on the right track. To defeat the bill at this point would risk doing irreparable harm to our fundamental goals of reform and revitalization of our Nation's Capital. It is wrong to gamble with the lives of millions in this region who depend on an orderly budget process.

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Hon. Thomas M. Davis

Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the importance of passing an appropriations bill for the District of Columbia.

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