Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

It is about the Constitution. If you want to change it, there is a remedy, and it requires amending the Constitution of the United States.

That is all we ask, that Congress give us what it has given the citizens of 37 other states--full citizenship, statehood.

The lack of statehood deprives us of more than just full representation in this Congress. It has practical and dire consequences.

Denying statehood would be unfair no matter who was affected.