Phil Mendelson: “Statehood is the only way to give to our citizens locally elected Representatives to enact purely local laws.”

We send our sons and daughters to war, we pay more in Federal taxes than 22 states, we pay more per capita than any state.

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

Full and fair representation of the over 700,000 citizens residing in the District of Columbia is only possible through achieving statehood.

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.