06/12/2024
https://congress.gov...
"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."
"The voting rights of American citizens and their representatives Congress have never been and never will be contingent on state and local officials never engaging in misdeeds."
"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."