I think that reflects the commitment within NCTC and the broader intelligence community to our fidelity to the Constitut...
The timing would have to be simultaneous.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has called us out on that. They have deemed the District of Columbia's lack of...
I introduced the New Columbia Admissions Act to create a path, if you will, to end the voting inequality that exists.
In my view, this situation is simply not fair. Neither is it consistent with our values as a country.
Extending representation and self-governance to the District of Columbia residents is one of the highest legislative pri...
I thank you for the opportunity to testify this morning and this afternoon on their behalf.
I was personally surprised to learn last year that the United States is the only democracy in the world that denies voti...
The Congress can continue to exercise autocratic control over the District of Columbia or it can live up to the Nation's...
It has not occurred to most countries if they were, in fact, giving the vote not to give it to their capital.
If citizens do not have anyone to vote for, they are not substantially better off than African-Americans in the South we...
We do not wish, Mr. Chairman, to be second-class stepchildren in the union, or voyeurs of democracy as you vote on how m...
You have been very energetic in helping us in many significant ways.
The District of Columbia is not just a collection of government offices, museums and monuments. It is a home to a little...
Fulfillment of an indenture as old as America itself.
What I really want is to be an equal citizen of this Republic, not to shirk our responsibilities.
The right was given us by God. I am here to say enough.
Taxation without representation is enough to make people want to dump crates of tea into the Potomac River.
