Is it important for public figures and Members of Congress to identify and to name the problem?
Union and liberty, this was the cry of Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans in the 19th century. It is the cry of the peo...
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
the inescapable imperative of American history is to give everybody equal rights, equal citizenship, and the right to pa...
I strongly support statehood for people--for the people of the District of Columbia.
the point is exactly as you say. There is a constitutional ceiling but there is no floor.
It is amazing to me that the political rights of 700,000 people might be conditioned on the business interests of one ma...
As I understand it, both Maryland and Virginia ceded land to Congress in 1791 and people continued to vote in Maryland o...
So, our goal here today is to collectively make it easier for the public servants of this country to take advantage of a...
The United States is only democratic nation on Earth which disenfranchises the residents of the capital city in its nati...
I strongly support statehood for the people of the District of Columbia.
The only way that we have admitted new states to the Union is through Congress.
There is no doubt that people tried to conscript constitutional arguments in the service of opposition to other people's...
Thank you, Madam Chair.
I view this as one of the most important civil rights and voting rights issues of our day.
This is the ridiculousness you get into when you try to draw a Federal city into a teacup.
Very quickly, Ms. Mayor, what is the name of the new state? Mayor Bowser. Washington, DC, Douglass Commonwealth.
One of the greatest blots on our democracy is having 700,000 of our citizens unable to be fully represented.
