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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “To continue to deny statehood to 702,000 residents of Washington, DC, is a failure of the Members of this body to uphold…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
To continue to deny statehood to 702,000 residents of Washington, DC, is a failure of the Members of this body to uphold their oath of office.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton criticizes Congress for not granting DC statehood.

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