Speaker Menin congratulates bill sponsors, votes aye on all

Speaker Minin.

Permission to explain my vote.

Permission granted.

Thank you.

I guess you can't say no, right?

Well, you could.

I think you're right about that.

So I just want to congratulate all of the colleagues for these bills today who I know have worked so hard on them.

I've said a lot about Romancia's law, but congratulations, Council Member Marte and all of the advocates, and congratulations, Council Member Lewis, on these important scree and dree

issues that are really going to help our seniors.

It's so incredibly important.

And I want to congratulate Council Member Nurse because I think...

The whole legislative process, for legislative process to really go well, it is about listening, it is about collaboration, it is about hearing feedback, and

it's about people are not going to always agree on every single issue.

And I appreciate what Councilmember Nurse and her team did.

I really appreciate what our team at the Speaker's Office did, because we worked tirelessly with Councilmember Nurse, with stakeholders, with

we heard a lot from the real estate industry, from Rebney, from small property owners.

We met with everyone and we ended up at a bill that took the original bill of 10,000 buildings now to 2,100 buildings, as the Deputy Speaker said.

to have, and we work really with HPD, to make a more targeted bill.

And I think that is what a legislative process does.

So with that, I vote aye on all.