The text only refers to, and I'll quote: 'The district constituting the seat of government.'
It does not. It says nothing. Those are the words. It says nothing about characteristics of the new states.
I urge all of you to do what over two centuries of lawmakers have failed to correct and grant full democracy to D.C. res...
H.R. 51 will move us closer to our shared ideals for which District residents have fought and died.
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 Pre...
D.C. wants to continue to receive their special benefits for schools, for colleges, for roads, billions of dollars in Fe...
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 becomin...
Let me say at the outset that this hearing will refute each of the contentions just raised by the ranking member.
D.C. residents deserve full voting representation in the Senate and House and complete control over local affairs.