ms. holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for three minutes. ms. norton: i thank my friend ms. norton: i thank the gentlewoman for yielding. i strongly oppose this rule. this roll would allow the house to consider -- to nullify rules enacted by the district of columbia's legislature, the d.c. council. these are profoundly undemocratic, paternalistic resolutions. the house in which the nearly 700,000 d.c. residents have no voting representation is attempting to nullify a bill enacted by the d.c. council whose members are elected by an account -- by and accountable to d.c. residents. what is democracy? the dictionary defines it as a, quote, government in which the supreme power is invested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. end quote. perhaps president lincoln described democracy best in the gettysburg address. government of the people, by the people and for the people. the d.c. council has 13 members. the members are elected by d.c. residen

ms. holmes, that was great. thank you, any comments? >> this is a quick reminder, you talked about how this plan is has all projects in place, are being budgeted. is there anything and maybe this is a question to dennis, just to remind me. are there any other projects that we have not accounted for that could change, you know, you know, the modeling that you're doing for the 10-year plan and the report you have? is there anything that we're missing? i mean, that's kind of a big and little question all at the same time. >> the plan represents what we know today, there are always things that could change. >> right, is there a big thing. >> commissioner, just one thing, the 10-year plan is a snap shot in time, so we're constantly looking at that to adjust priorities in the event that there is something that to your point that would sort of alter things. but this representing as we speak today, our and what you will review today, our priorities and that's what we've been going over the course of last year, what are the priorities that we se

ms. eleanor holmes norton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. norton: i thank my friend for recognizing me because i have something important to say and put into the record. 40 states have permitted noncitizens to vote at various points. one of them is the state of the gentlewoman who has just spoken. colorado. the other the other states are balanced budget amendment, arkansas, connecticut, delaware, florida, georgia, idaho, illinois, indiana, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, massachusetts, michigan, minnesota, missouri, montana, nebraska, nevada, new hampshire, new jersey, new york, north carolina, north dakota, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, south dakota, tennessee, texas, vermont, virginia, washington state, wisconsin, and wyoming. at least 14 municipalities permit noncitizens to vote today. 11 in maryland. barnsville, c chevy chase, section three, garrett park, glen echo, high yatsville, martins additions, mount rainier, riverdale park, somerset, and tacoma park. two in vermont, montpelier and winoo

holmes norton who represents the district in columbia. mr. lynch of massachusetts, connolly of virginia mr. con of ms.oc who is the ranking member for the congress, ms. porter of california, ms. bush, ms. brown and mr. gomez those are the returning members. across the country the new members are melanie stansberry of new mexico, robert garcia of california, maxwell from florida, summarily from pennsylvania, dan goldman from new york and sharon moskowitz. it's hard for me not today to think about my fellow maryland are elijah cummings who is chairman and ranking member of the committee not sohi long ago elijah recruited me to oversight and taught me the central purpose of the committee ourf jb is not as an opportunity or a violator of g the rights but rather as the protector of the rights and liberties and to be effective and efficient instrument of the common good and i take the duty seriously and i'm committed to ensuring with you and effective and efficient government that delivers meaningful benefits to the people that we serve and i've taken the liberty of purchasing out of my own pocket i hasten

holmes norton who represents the great people of the district of columbia. mr. lynch of massachusetts. mr. connolly of virginia. mr.ll chris murphy of illinois. mr. connell of california. mr. mfume of maryland. ms. kaiser cortes of new york who is our vice ranking member carper this congress. ms. boards. of california. ms. bush, ms. brown and mr. gomez. those of the returning members. ms. brown about, mr. gomez of california, ms. bush of missouri. but from across the country our new f members, mr. chairman, are ms. stansbury, melanie stansbury of new mexico. robert garcia california. maxwell frost from florida. summer league from pennsylvania, greg cassara texas, jasmine crockett alsomi from texas to dn goldman from new york and jared moskowitz from florida. mr. chairman, it's hard for me today not to think of my fellow maryland and m my friend elijah cummings who was chairman and ranking of this committee not so long ago. allies you recruit me to and taught me that central purpose of this committee, our job is to make government to serve not an opportunity for greed and self-enrichment, not as a violator of the rights to liberties of the people but rather as the protector of the rights and lib

holmes norton, i now recognize her for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: recognized for five minutes. ms. norton: i thank my friend for recognizing me. and i strongly oppose this profoundly undemocratic, paternalistic resolution. the house of representatives, in which nearly 700,000 district of columbia residents have no voting representation, is attempting to nullify legislation enacted by d.c.'s local legislature whose members are elected by d.c. residents. . by scheduling this vote i can only conclude that the republican leadership believes that d.c. residents, a majority of whom are black and brown, are either unworthy or incapable of governing themselves. the dictionary definition of democracy is, and i'm quoting, a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation, usually involving periodically held free elections, end quote. d.c.'s lack of voting representation in congress, and congress' menary authority over -- menary -- plenary authority over d.c. are the antithesis of democracy. i would