02/12/2019
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"Unfortunately, there is not one Republican cosponsor of this bill."
"The truth is that most of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle oppose statehood because they believe it could dilute their power."
"As President Abraham Lincoln declared in the Gettysburg Address, 'A true democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people.'"
"D.C. residents are American citizens. They fight honorably to protect our Nation overseas. They pay taxes."