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Full representation in D.C. is about more than full democracy in D.C.

Taxation without representation is more than just a catchy hashtag or a bumper sticker slogan.

It should be noted for the record that the territories don't pay Federal income taxes and the District is No. 1 per capita in Federal income taxes.

We have been very committed in our city to transparency in government and, in fact, have been very proud to advance some of the toughest transparency rules, ethics rules, data transparency rules anywhere in the Nation.

The District is in the best financial state it has been in its history.

Eighty-six percent of the people advised the Council to approve our new Constitution.

For too long, we have both accepted and perpetuated a fundamentally flawed system.

The way that you and all of my residents can ask me about how we're driving down crime is to make sure that we have complete control over the agencies that affect crime in Washington, DC, and statehood is the way that we get there.

We don't believe in American democracy in collective guilt. We don't believe in mass punishment.

That is why we want to become the 51st state in the United States.

Congress cannot force retrocession on Maryland. So it is impractical.

Our fundamentals are solid. Our population is growing. Our revenues are growing.

It is the only way to ensure a judicial system that is representative of community values.

Extending statehood to the District of Columbia must be our objective and our result.

If I may, I wish to point you back to the civil rights era.

This is America, and Americans are entitled to equal protection under the law. That's why we are demanding statehood.

I thank the gentleman for his motion. And we will attend to his motion presently.

That is just not the truth. That is not the case. It is about the Constitution.