we need to put this committee out of business.
the Constitution never envisioned people voting in D.C., yes, they never envisioned a modern metropolis of 700,000 peopl...
that is why we want to become the 51st state in the United States.
the District clause does give Congress, as the gentleman said, plenary authority--that is all the authority--over the Di...
What is the harm?
The minority's request will be honored--will be considered and honored.
We are trying to do regular order here. We are trying to be fair.
We don't want to do tit-for-tat. We want you to have exactly what the rules allow.
I am correcting for the record.
That is just not the truth. That is not the case. It is about the Constitution.
This is America, and Americans are entitled to equal protection under the law. That's why we are demanding statehood.
extending statehood to the District of Columbia must be our objective and our result.
The Constitution does not distinguish between the seat of the Federal Government and the district where the government i...
I thank the gentleman for his motion. And we will attend to his motion presently.
If I may, I wish to point you back to the civil rights era.
Our fundamentals are solid. Our population is growing. Our revenues are growing.
For too long, we have both accepted and perpetuated a fundamentally flawed system.
It is the only way to ensure a judicial system that is representative of community values.
