Gerry Connolly actually said...

There is a place for enforcement, but, you know, I found that we had success with intervention prevention efforts.

If our colleagues choose to ignore the statehood petition of the people of Washington, there is not much we can do about that kind of moral ...

You have exercised your rights under the First Amendment and the Ninth Amendment to petition for statehood admission, and we salute your pat...

I can tell you that at least in my district in Northern Virginia, we fully support the autonomy of D.C.