"thank you chairman raul grijalva (d-az) for taking up this critical issue to protect the district's residents and businesses, as well as our national monuments in the nation's capital." norton blasts gosar-meadows bill, attack on d.c. home rule and statehood, exercise in futility congresswoman norton said last week that residents of the districts represented by congressmen paul gosar (r-az) and mark meadows (r-nc) did not send them to washington to waste their time on local issues concerning the district of columbia, as they introduced a bill that would extend the congressional review period for legislation passed by the d.c. council and expand the fast-track procedures to disapprove such legislation. 