03/21/2021
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"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 t..."
"May I predict that once that occurred, lightning fast, you will see an amendment go through the Congress to repeal the 23rd Amendment giving us, the District of Columbia, three electoral votes."
"It is simply, I think, unconstitutional and un-American to be asking how people are going to vote once they're admitted."
"It is shameful that anyone would claim to support democracy and freedom and oppose statehood."