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The federal government represents one quarter of DC’s pre-pandemic jobs and owns or leases one third of DC’s office space, we need decisive action by the White House to either get most federal workers back to the office most of the time or to realign their vast property holdings for use by the local government, by non-profits, by businesses and by any user willing to revitalize it.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
We’re putting in place a framework that would allow us to have a coordinated response with our partners, this will include a program to meet all buses, and given that most people will move on, our primary focus is to make sure we have a humane, efficient, welcome process that will allow people to move on to their final destination.
Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I've asked for the deployment of National Guard as long as we need National Guard to deal with the crisis that we expect to escalate, the number of people crossing the border seeking asylum we expect to only go up. And we need to make sure that there is a national response, not an ad-hoc, city by city, state by state response.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
I knew that if he was in D.C. with that image, he would be found.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We know that this is a scary situation, we know that our unsheltered residents already face a lot of daily dangers and it is unconscionable that anybody would target this vulnerable population.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
This symbol of hate displayed in our city is both shocking and unsettling, particularly on the heels of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, this antisemitic and hateful symbol has no place in our city, and we stand united with the members of our Jewish community against anti-Semitism in all its forms.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are literally throwing every resource at this issue at our disposal, we know that COVID-19 has upended so many parts of our lives, and unfortunately it also upended the very fragile public safety ecosystem in our community.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We know unfortunately that summer sometimes brings more outdoor activity, more conflict, and unfortunately we brace ourselves and prepare ourselves for the possibility of more crime.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
DC voters have already said loud and clear that we do not want retrocession, we want statehood.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Arguing that Washingtonians must remain disenfranchised to protect the interests of the federal government is dangerous, outdated and downright insulting.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We know that D.C. statehood cannot wait. Generations of Washingtonians have been denied the right to participate in our democracy.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Those Democrats havehad a change of heart, did they really think that insaneanimal skin guy was planning to return toD.C.with other furry friends to make a stand ?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Our goals right now are to encourage Americans to participate virtually and to protect the District of Columbia from a repeat of the violent insurrection experienced at the Capitol and its grounds on January 6.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I will tell you that given the events of this last week that this inauguration preparation has to be different than any other inauguration.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We cannot decide for the Capitol, the members of Congress, that we are going to be their police department. But we stand ready to assist them at any case.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We will be on the lookout, some of them, we think ... have to be held accountable for the carnage.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
This weekend, we saw forces of hate seeking to use destruction and intimidation to tear us apart. We will not let that happen, and continue to stand together strong and United to Love.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There are 435 members of the House. There's been an election. And those new members are reporting to town, and they have to be able to work.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We don't know who they are, but we know they came together to create havoc, they are not the same as our residents who say' Black Lives Matter.'.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Right now there is no accountability for the people who came to these protests and attacked our police and we haven't seen a willingness from the Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham attorney to prosecute them, we need the federal government to do its job and prosecute these people.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Basically, what it says is, if you leave home, you should wear a mask.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is a great franchise with a great history that's beloved in history and it deserves a name that reflects the affection that we feel for the team.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
A lot of people have different meanings for what they mean when they say 'defund the police'.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We should all be watching what's happening in Washington, Freedom Fighters DC, because we don't want the federal government to do this to any other Americans.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We're here peacefully as Americans, on American streets, on DC streets.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are, how shall I say, examining every legal question about the President's authority to send troops, even Columbia National Guard, to the District of Columbia, and if he has to make any other legal steps to do that.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The thing for us to be concerned about is who's giving the orders, we are not giving orders to federal police of any sort.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We didn't request any assistance, DC police did not request any assistance from our neighbors, and we do have throughout the national capital region arrangements to assist each other if we -- if there is ever a mass event that requires additional policing. We haven't taken the step of requesting that assistance from around National Capitol Region. And we haven't requested assistance from other states.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
While he (Trump) hides behind his fence afraid/alone, I stand w/people peacefully exercising their First Amendment Right after the murder of #GeorgeFloyd and hundreds of years of institutionalized racism.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
I want to clarify this : Covid-19 is still in our community, in our region, in our nation.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We know what this title means to DC, a true baseball town, from the Senators to the Grays and now the Nationals, by finishing the fight you have brought a tremendous amount of joy to our town and inspired a new generation of players and Nationals fans.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Now, I hear there's somebody who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that's taking credit for our progress, well, let me tell you who's responsible for our progress. Look around you.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It is unconscionable for the Trump Administration to acknowledge that these individuals are working without pay and with no end in sight, but will not make the smallest effort to help them by allowing states to offer unemployment insurance benefits, dC wants to do more and we are willing to step up. These employees continue to work, they're taking on the cost of commuting to work, yet, they're not getting paid nor are they receiving any financial assistance.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Yup, I'm Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington DC, the local politician who finally got thru to the reality star in the White House with the realities( $ 21.6 M) of parades/events/demonstrations in Trump America( sad).
Found on CNN 5 years ago
One missing young person, is one too many, and these new initiatives will help us do more to find and protect young people, particularly young girls of color, across our city, through social media, we have been able to highlight this problem and bring awareness to open cases, and now we are doing more to ensure that families and children are receiving the wraparound services they need to keep families together and children safe.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We have throughout this storm encouraged our residents to stay off the streets, and for the most part they have heeded that, they prepared to hunker down, and they did.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
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