Eleanor Norton actually said...

"Does Maryland have any jurisdiction over the District of Columbia today? It does not."

"We now thank you, Madam Chair, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, our Congresswoman, and your Democratic colleagues and President Biden, for righting that wrong last week with the American Rescue Plan."

"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."