Peter Welch actually said...

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

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.

Thank you for all your years of leadership on this, Madam Chair. You have been an inspiration for us.

It really is not acceptable.