Muriel Bowser actually said...

the COVID restrictions were for everybody, and I do not have to tell you that we faced a 100-year pandemic.

Bowser defends COVID restrictions as necessary for public health.

06/21/2021

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Certainly, I can speak for the residents of Washington, DC. who have overwhelmingly endorsed statehood, and we are ready for statehood.

What's more, we pay more Federal taxes per capita than any state, and we pay more Federal taxes total than 22 states.

Over the years, there have been a lot of arguments against statehood. You're too small, they say.

In fact, we do a better job than most states. We have a budget of $15.5 billion, which we have balanced 24 times in the last 24 years.