prepared to shut down the government because they want the city of washington, d.c. not to be able to use their own money for abortions for women in the city and because they want the environmental protection agency not to be able to enforce federal law with regard to greenhouse gas emissions. senator, it is not only planned parenthood, i mean to the environment, the climate folks out there who are in denial, this prohibits funding for epa efforts to regulate greenhouse gases, prohibits funding for the epa to change a rule regulating water. this list of over 60 riders, what s your response to this? is this just a blocking back for the republicans right now? all you can say is these guys are extremists and they are prepared as the president said to impact negatively the lives of many, many millions of people and it s not only inconvenience
city of washington, d.c. not to be able to use their own money for abortions for women in the city and because they want the environmental protection agency not to be able to enforce federal law with regard to greenhouse gas emissions. senator, it is not only planned parenthood, i mean to the environment, the climate folks out there who are in denial, this prohibits funding for epa efforts to regulate greenhouse gases, prohibits funding for the epa to change a rule regulating water. this list of over 60 riders, what s your response to this? is this just a blocking back for the republicans right now? all you can say is these guys are extremists and they are prepared as the president said to impact negatively the lives of many, many millions of people and it s not only inconvenience for us.
let s get back to the outrage powell boyling on capitol hill, only hours before a potential government shutdown. joining us now the democratic delegate representing the city of washington, d.c., eleanor holmes norton. congresswoman, thanks very much for coming in. of course, wolf. i think it s fair to say that washington, d.c., a city of a population of about 600,000 people, the only major metropolitan the only major city in the united states that is going to foal the direct impact of the federal government shutdown so dramatically, so powerfully, because it is a federal district. give me an example of what s going to happen if there is a government shutdown. absolutely. although your your viewers will be shocked by what they are about to hear. they know a little bit about taxation without representation, we pay our taxes, we have full representation of the house and the senate, but i bet they didn t know that our local
priority, which is replacing washington, d.c. public schools with vouchers for private schools. through a quirk of american representational injustice, congress has basically dictatorial powers over the city of washington, d.c. it s what happens it is what happens specifically to washington, d.c. as a city critical to what happens to the country s economy, to jobs, jobs, jobs in the rest of the country? not particularly. it s one city. but the new speaker of the house, his main priority is changing the school district of washington, d.c. his main priority, what he chose to highlight on state of the union night is how he wants to change how kids in one american city go to school. the first priority for the republican study committee is what the civil marriage rules are for the few hundred thousand people who live in this one city in washington, d.c. this is the jobs, jobs, jobs agenda for the whole country? republicans say what they ve got is a jobs, jobs, jobs agenda for the whole co
priority, which is replacing washington, d.c. public schools with vouchers for private schools. through a quirk of american representational injustice, congress has basically dictatorial powers over the city of washington, d.c. it s what happens it is what happens specifically to washington, d.c. as a city critical to what happens to the country s economy, to jobs, jobs, jobs in the rest of the country? not particularly. it s one city. but the new speaker of the house, his main priority is changing the school district of washington, d.c. his main priority, what he chose to highlight on state of the union night-s how he wants to change how kids in one american city go to school. the first priority for the republican study committee is what the civil marriage rules are for the few hundred thousand people who live in this one city in washington, d.c. this is the jobs, jobs, jobs agenda for the whole country? republicans say what they ve got is a jobs, jobs, jobs agenda for the whole cou