On the recordApril 27, 1969
It should offend the democratic senses of this nation that the 850,000 citizens of its Capital, comprising a population larger than eleven of its states, have no voice in the Congress.
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presidency.ucsb.eduRichard Nixon: “It should offend the democratic senses of this nation that the 850,000 citizens of its Capital, comprising a population…”
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Special Message to the Congress on the District of Columbia.
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