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Eleanor Holmes Norton: We very much are trying to become a State but we can't be both.

On the recordJuly 11, 2016
We very much are trying to become a State but we can't be both.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes D.C.'s struggle for statehood amidst federal classification.

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