John Mica (R-FL) “has a pretty long history of comments that are derogatory to D.C. and to state rule.”

“You would have to be high to think that Congress or anyone else is going to support making the District of Columbia the 51st state.”

Rep. John Mica thinks D.C. is like a bunch of teenagers for wanting control over its own finances.

Rather than use one of the august hearing rooms on Capitol Hill, Republican legislators decided to employ a little political theater today for a hearing on vacant federal buildings. And what better locale than a 1940s vintage heating plant in Georgetown that’s sat unused for the last 11 years?