Statement on Budget from House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 16th, 2022

PRESS CONTACT:
Patrice Snow
[email protected]

Washington, DC – “We applaud the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government for passing the FY 23 budget without any riders on the people of DC. Without the riders on reproductive justice, marijuana legalization, or any other issue that exerts unwanted control over the people of DC, this budget stands in stark contrast to yesterday’s House Oversight and Reform hearing where Georgia Congressman Andrew Clyde called for repealing the DC Home Rule Act, saying DC was ‘a failed experiment.’ The 700,000 tax paying residents of the District have stated time and time again they want the full freedom to determine their own destiny when it comes to social, political, and economic issues and this budget is the first step toward that. It’s now time for the full Congress to pass the budget without amendments and then go on to finally pass DC Statehood.”

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