Phil Mendelson: “We send our sons and daughters to war, we pay more in Federal taxes than 22 states, we pay more per capita than any…”

Full and fair representation for the 703,000 citizens residing in the District of Columbia is only possible through achieving statehood.

The D.C. Council's continued attempts to push soft-on-crime legislation and policies are emboldening criminals.

We do not have the most important privilege of United States citizenship. We do not have a vote in Congress.

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson went as far as saying there is not a crime crisis in Washington, DC, but the numbers speak for themselves.