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...
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.
I think without--with great alacrity that amendment would be repealed.
Congress cannot force retrocession on Maryland. So it is impractical.
H.R. 51 is constitutional.
I am extremely proud that our committee is holding the first hearing on D.C. Statehood in the House of Representatives i...
That is why we want to become the 51st state in the United States.
We don't believe in American democracy in collective guilt. We don't believe in mass punishment.
