10/27/2021
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"H.R. 51 imposes no such conditions or limitations on the state of Washington, DC."
"Hopefully, the D.C. Statehood issue will be seen both as a democratic issue, but also as a racial justice issue."
"That's why I support D.C.'s petition to form a state."
"The state of Washington, DC, is simply seeking to enter the Union in the same way that every other state entered the Union."