These fundamental disparities for hundreds of thousands of Americans are inconsistent with the core principles embodied in our Constitution.

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

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.

Unfortunately, there is not one Republican cosponsor of this bill.

There is nothing more fundamental in a democracy than the right to vote.

In June, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called D.C. Statehood 'full-bore socialism.' I don't know what this means.

The right to democracy should not be contingent on party registration.

So, just when I think that the occupant of this White House and his xenophobic administration cannot reach any new lows, they go even lower...

I don't want us to set a new precedent, because a moment ago, you said that it's been your experience that you do respond by deadline.

whatever inconvenience you may have experienced certainly pales in comparison to the trauma and the fear and the inconvenience your medical deferred action denial letters have imposed on immigrant children and families.