Muriel Bowser actually said...

As Mayor of the District of Columbia, I swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

I am honored to be here today to ask Congress to act upon the request of my residents to admit Washington, DC, to join the United States of ...

I want to be clear. I am not here to talk about one person, but about 702,000 Americans who deserve full representation in this House.

It is a great indignity when great questions affecting this country we have nobody to call in the Senate to speak for us.