mr. jacques. but that on the very same day they reversed themselves again. they said he could not board the plane. what in the world is going on with these haitian officials? with a just playing games with this? this is the second time they denied that deportation request of united states government. and by treaty, they had approved illegal aliens and certainly criminal aliens would be accepted back into country. spent what's extraordinary, congresswoman, is actually the haitian government has worked with us in many instances before. so it is a very arbitrary granting and in denial and then granting and denying its extraordinarily frustrating. just like the kind that requires people to travel documents when they come through the united states. all these other governments require that. >> my time is almost up. this is almost unbelievable. i didn't like that would 22nd of this year u.s. officials tried again to send them back to haiti. and on this day haitian officials informed us, u.s., that mr. ja

mr. jacques deportation. ice can do more in terms of creating a record of country of or begin in terms of interviewing witnesses in the u.s. i mean, this guy had been here for over 20 years. there were other ways that verification of country of origin could have taken place state side. in addition to having the state department apply levers of pressure which, again, i think should have been exercised at the greatest and highest level. so this discussion, mr. chairman, again, i want to continue with you and the members here about the fact that, you know, the responsible part has not been satisfactory. i ask my letter to you and mr. cummings, setting forth the ieg -- >> it has been submitted into the record and mr. courtney, i appreciate your commitment on this issue. the director has agreed within a week's time to give us all of the letters and correspondence she has had making the request because the statute is clear, once the secretary receives that. it says the secretary shall, and i think another hearing w

mr. jacques. he was supposed to go. but then on the very same day, they reversed themselves again. they said that he could not board the plane. what in the world was going on with these haitian officials? were they just playing games with us? i mean, this is the second time they denied the deportation request of the united states government. and by treaty, they had u.s. officials tried again to send him back to haiti and haitian officials informed us that mr. jacques was once again approved for removal and again on the same day these haitian officials withdrew approval. what i want to know is what can we do about it? this is something i would like to work off with a majority party on accomplishing. i support universal reform on immigration, but if we can't reach a quick approval on that, we should get a quick approval on how we can deport someone back to their country, especially when they are allies. when we have treaties. and yet three times they made fun of the american government and said no, we are not taking them back, reversing a verbal confirmation that they would take this

mr. jacques dupuis, then council to the house subcommittee that drafted the home rule act, testified this month at our committee he, said, quote, congress did not intent to -- intend to delegate the d.c. council or voters authority over local revenues in the charter process. his recollections are supported by the legislative history, particularly a dear colleague letter sent by then-chairman diggs. it indicated the compromise language was drafted with the explicit intention of maintaining the congressional appropriations process for the district funds. i believe chairman diggs' letter meeves no confusion as to whether congress intended to give the district budget autonomy in the home rule act. therefore it's clear the district acted beyond its authority to grant itself budget authority. today's legislation will clarify the original intent of the home rule act, pardon me, and address any pending legal questions currently working their way through the courts. h.r. 5233 will make clear the local budget autonomy act of 012 is not legally valid and will ensure the congressional intent behind t

mr. jacques deportation. i can do more integrating a record of country of origin in terms of interviewing witnesses in the u.s. this guy had been here for over 20 years. there were other ways, verification of country of origin could have taken place on stateside in addition to the state department apply leverage the pressure, which again i think should have been exercise at the greatest and the highest level. this discussion, mr. chairman again, i want to continue with you and the members here about the fact that the response has not been set aside to get i would ask our letter to you and mr. cummings setting for the ig -- >> is already been submitted. mr. korda, i appreciate your commitment on this issue. the director has agreed within a weeks time to give all the letters and correspondence she is at the state department making his request. the statute is clear. want the sector receives that it says the secretary shall. we will be fascinated and i think you're right, another hearing would be most appropriate

mr. speaker, that congress had no intent to delegate to the district the authority for the budgetary process. n fact, jacques dupues, made it clear in testimony before the congress that indeed that congress did not intend to delegate the appropriations powers to the district. the legislative record of the home rule act supports him. one such piece of the record is indeed the diggs letter that chairman referenced earlier which was issued by chairman charles diggs, the clarifying the intent of congress by making several changes ncluding reserving congress' role in the budgetary process. the diggs letter highlighted a pivotal aspect of the congressional intent in the home rule act. the diggs letter is a compromise in response to the senate's home rule act which included a form of budget autonomy. the compromise does not indicate that congress intended to grant the district budget autonomy. in contrary, what it represents is there could be no home rule absence and expressed -- i repeat -- expressed reservation of the role of congress in the district's budget process. and i believe there can be no longer statemen