Peter Welch actually said...

Congress and the states would not want the few residents of the reduced D.C. to have so much power over the election of the president.

If enacted, H.R. 51 would admit the state of Washington D.C. but leave the Twenty-Third Amendment in place.

The Twenty-Third Amendment of the Constitution allows D.C. to participate in Presidential elections.

I just want to register my outrage at that because so much of the people we represent need that coverage and don't want to be second-class c...