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On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
When our Nation was founded, it was based on the belief that no people should be subjected to taxation without representation or be governed without their consent.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley connects D.C. statehood to the foundational principle of no taxation without representation.

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