For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 19, 2005

Text of a Letter from the President to the Congress of the United States

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

Pursuant to my constitutional authority and consistent with section 446 of The District of Columbia Self Governmental Reorganizational Act as amended in 1989, I am transmitting the District of Columbia's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request Act.

The proposed FY 2006 Budget Request Act reflects the major programmatic objectives of the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. For FY 2006, the District estimates total revenues and expenditures of $7.35 billion.

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE

July 18, 2005.

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