Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

We now thank you, Madam Chair, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, our Congresswoman, and your Democratic colleagues and President Biden, for ri...

D.C. wants to continue to receive their special benefits for schools, for colleges, for roads, billions of dollars in Federal funds.

D.C. wants to become a state so it can levy taxes on people who are working in D.C.

D.C. residents themselves overwhelmingly support statehood. In 2016, an astonishing 86 percent voted in favor of becoming a state.