Washington, July 22 -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks, as prepared for delivery, ahead of today's Committee on Oversight & Government Reform (COGR) markup of a bill introduced by Rep. James Comer (R-KY) that would strip D.C. of the authority to make changes to its own tax code without congressional approval. Comer has claimed (https://oversight.house.gov/release/chairman-comer-introduces-legislation-to-stop-d-c-tax-increases/) that the intention behind the bill was to prevent D.C. from raising taxes. As drafted, however, the bill would also prevent D.C. from cutting or eliminating taxes, the opposite of his stated goal.
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