Ayanna Pressley actually said...

"D.C. residents are American citizens. They fight honorably to protect our Nation overseas. They pay taxes."

"I am so very proud to serve on this committee alongside her, to take up the fight for the rights of workers, families, and the American people."

"As President Abraham Lincoln declared in the Gettysburg Address, 'A true democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people.'"

"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."