Muriel Bowser actually said...

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 ...

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.

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

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