On the recordDecember 1, 1997
the Senator from Connecticut has done is come as an American--not as a Democrat, but as an American, as a U.
the Senator from Connecticut has done is come as an American--not as a Democrat, but as an American, as a U.
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partisan considerations have absolutely nothing to do with the quest of D.C. citizens for full democracy
No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which we must live.
The more than 700,000 citizens of the District of Columbia are our neighbors. They deserve to be treated as such by the rest of us in this country.
It has mattered to me because there are two great American constitutional principles that are at the heart of the cause of D.C. statehood and that are violated every day in the current treatment of residents of the District of Columbia.