mr. felder, anita bonds, kenyon mcduffy, christina henderson and robert white. there's one member missing because she's out of town. we are deeply concerned about the language that was released in the continuing resolution because of its effect, its adverse effect on the district. the mayor made the point that we would have to cut about $1 billion. we would have a half year to cut that one-year savings. the difference between fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025. why am i saying that? the effect is we'd have to cut $2 billion in remaining six months to achieve the billion dollar annualized savings. but it's not really savings. because these are d.c. dollars. these are not federal dollars. most folks unfortunately in this country think the district of columbia is funded by the federal government. we are not. it is true that we are included in an appropriations act, not that we want to be, but the fact that we're included in appropriations act, what congress does year after year is to approve the dollars that we've appropriated. our dollars. and so by treating us