We are proud of the progress that we have made in our schools.
I control a part of the criminal justice system. And you, on the Federal level, control the rest.
We would have the electoral college votes that our population requires.
Statehood is the way that we get there.
Well, it's being treated like all of the other hotels, sir.
The Trump Hotel, sir, is not a Government--it does not have a Government use.
we have been very committed in our city to transparency in government and, in fact, have been very proud to advance some...
Certainly, I can speak for the residents of Washington, DC. who have overwhelmingly endorsed statehood, and we are ready...
What's more, we pay more Federal taxes per capita than any state, and we pay more Federal taxes total than 22 states.
Over the years, there have been a lot of arguments against statehood. You're too small, they say.
In fact, we do a better job than most states. We have a budget of $15.5 billion, which we have balanced 24 times in the ...
But we're bigger by population than two states, bigger than all states but Oklahoma at the time they were admitted to th...
I want to be clear. I am not here to talk about one person, but about 702,000 Americans who deserve full representation ...
I am honored to be here today to ask Congress to act upon the request of my residents to admit Washington, DC, to join t...
This is a very important hearing, because without you, we really would have no notion of what is at stake here.
Whatever happened to that $100 a year, people have clearly measured that against getting to work late and other impedime...
I am very intrigued by the technologies and what they can do and believe, frankly, that they are going to be necessary i...
How come in red States they are not afraid to raise the gas tax but they send people to Congress who are?
