City Reviewing Issa Proposal

City Reviewing Issa Proposal
November 14, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's (R-CA) proposal to give the District of Columbia more authority over its local budget:

"We received a proposal from Chairman Issa's staff this morning, apparently at the same time they provided it to the media. We appreciate that Chairman Issa has followed up on his statements at a May hearing that he wanted to give the District of Columbia more authority over its local budget and fiscal year and to avoid future shut downs of the District government over federal spending fights. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, D.C. Council Chairman Kwame Brown and I will be speaking today to evaluate Chairman Issa's proposal."