It’s been a busy month as I’ve pushed to ensure a path to safe and affordable housing for every District resident. Far too many of our residents struggle with excessive housing costs, and I recently introduced two bills to address our housing needs.
A D.C. Council Committee heard public testimony Wednesday on a bill that would boost reward amounts and give greater support to witnesses who give testimony that assists police in solving murder cases.
Things are strangely quiet right now because we are waiting on the U.S. House of Representatives to fix the D.C. budget mess they created in the Continuing Resolution they passed in early March.
We’re in the middle of one of the busiest and most important times in the legislative calendar: performance oversight. This is the Council’s chance to ask the people who run the agencies and offices we oversee to answer key questions.