03/21/2021
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"statehood is an imperative of basic democratic values, but also of governmental efficiency."
"The rate of gun deaths in Mississippi is over 30 percent higher than it is in D.C."
"If D.C. were to become a state, the Governor, the new executive of the state, would have control over the National Guard."
"D.C. residents are Americans who deserve the same rights to Federal representation that each of our constituents have across the country."