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The District is proud to pay its fair share of taxes, Congressman. What we are here to ask you to correct is to make sure that we have representation for those taxes.

It is shameful that anyone would claim to support democracy and freedom and oppose statehood.

Put simply, if you oppose D.C. Statehood, you support taxation without representation.

The text of the District Clause is clear. Congress has complete, and the witness has testified, absolute authority over the district.

It's interesting, Madam Chair, that the gentleman cites a small movement in California to succeed from the state. The District is asking for the opposite, to join the Union, with full equality, with the states.

Every American, Congressman, who pays taxes deserves representation. Our Congresswoman should have a vote and we should have two Senators.

Every American deserves a voice in their own government.

The real power grab is denying 712,000 taxpaying American citizens the right to vote.

The Framers of our Constitution wanted a separate Federal District to preserve the safety and security of the Federal Government.

It should be clear to everyone that Congress cannot, Congress should not nullify a constitutional provision by simple legislation.

D.C. residents should not have to abandon our homes and move elsewhere to secure the rights of citizens enjoyed by others.

I don't believe the Founding Fathers actually intended this.

We are more than capable of governing ourselves.

There should be no taxation without representation.

Today, I come to urge this committee and this Congress to move beyond the tired, nonfactual, and, frankly, anti-democratic rhetoric and extend full democracy to the residents of the District of Columbia.

I want to especially thank our Congresswoman, Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has championed equality for Washington, DC, throughout her tenure.

D.C. would be the only state in the entire country to have the Federal Government pick up billions and billions of annual dollars in expenses each year.

The text only refers to, and I'll quote: 'The district constituting the seat of government.'