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Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

We are upholding institutions of injustice.
9/18/2019
Congress has plenary authority over the District of Columbia.
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I don't believe the Founding Fathers actually intended this.
9/18/2019
While we are small, population should not be a disqualification.
9/18/2019
I am correcting for the record.
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That is why we want to become the 51st state in the United States.
9/18/2019
we need to put this committee out of business and...
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Congress cannot force retrocession on Maryland. So it is impractical.
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We don't believe in American democracy in collective guilt. We don't believe in mass punishment.
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This is America, and Americans are entitled to equal protection under the law. That's why we are demanding statehood.
9/18/2019
The Constitution does not distinguish between the seat of the Federal Government and the district where the government is seated, meaning th...
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Eleanor Holmes Holmes Norton
in office

usa, District of Columbia

2,314 Quotes

Born6/13/1937 (age 88)

PartyDemocratic

  • U.S. House of Representatives

    1/3/1991 - present
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