I did not know we had 51, Mr. Chairman, but now I see we view the District of Columbia as a State when it wants to be, as a city when it wants to be, as a county when it needs to be, and it has all these jurisdictions that are very confusing.
Burris comments on the confusing status of D.C. as a jurisdiction.
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