Statehood is the only way to give our citizens locally elected representatives, to enact purely local laws that will not be subject to national debates over divisive social issues.
To continue to deny statehood to 702,000 residents of Washington, DC, is a failure of the Members of this body to uphold...
The voting rights of American citizens and their representatives Congress have never been and never will be contingent o...
It is about the Constitution. If you want to change it, there is a remedy, and it requires amending the Constitution of ...
That is all we ask, that Congress give us what it has given the citizens of 37 other states--full citizenship, statehood...
The lack of statehood deprives us of more than just full representation in this Congress. It has practical and dire cons...
Denying statehood would be unfair no matter who was affected.
The fact is denying American citizens a vote in this body that taxes them goes against the very founding premise of this...
First, I want to correct for the record, the Federal Government provides 23 percent of the District's revenue.
Of course, I support voting rights. But let us be clear. H.R. 51, even if signed into law, could not turn Washington, DC...
A list of 130 organizations endorsing H.R. 51.