Elijah Cummings: “Government does have a role to play. It really does.”

It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.

We are better than where we are. We are better than this.

I am extremely proud that our committee is holding the first hearing on D.C. Statehood in the House of Representatives in more than 25 years.

The American people demanded that their representatives in Washington fight for them and for what affects their lives on a day-to-day basis.