Jody Hice said "I feel like the arguments on the other side of the aisle are so weak that they respond by yelling louder. We have just heard a great, passionate speech about something that is totally irrelevant. In fact, the point was highlighted that the condition for statehood is not population; otherwise, we would not have States like Wyoming or Alaska or other States that were ever admitted. That is not the issue. The issue was that Washington, D.C., was set apart as a seat of government not to be the same as the federation of States that our Constitution grants us." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 26, 2020

I feel like the arguments on the other side of the aisle are so weak that they respond by yelling louder. We have just heard a great, passionate speech about something that is totally irrelevant. In fact, the point was highlighted that the condition for statehood is not population; otherwise, we would not have States like Wyoming or Alaska or other States that were ever admitted. That is not the issue. The issue was that Washington, D.C., was set apart as a seat of government not to be the same as the federation of States that our Constitution grants us.

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Jody Hice

Republican · Georgia

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