To continue to deny statehood to 702,000 residents of Washington, DC, is a failure of the Members of this body to uphold...
we need to put this committee out of business and...
Statehood is the only way to give our citizens locally elected representatives, to enact purely local laws that will not...
There should be no taxation without representation.
Statehood means the United States citizens of the District of Columbia will have the same rights and privileges enjoyed ...
the simple answer is yes.
Many opponents have argued that the District is not capable of governing itself in a fiscally responsible manner.
But this is unpopular with the citizens in both the District and Maryland.
There is nothing in the Constitution that bars the Nation's capital from becoming a state.
we are ready.
those critiques simply don't hold water.
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.
