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H.R. 51, THE WASHINGTON, D.C. ADMISSION ACT
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HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY
of new york
in the house of representatives
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, today, for the second time in two years, the House will vote to end centuries of political repression in the District of Columbia by granting the District statehood.
For too long Congress has denied more than 712,000 Americans in the District the fundamental right to full representation in government. Today we say no more.
All 37 states that have been added to the union were admitted by legislation with a simple majority vote. There is no reason admitting the District should be any different.
The United States is a republic, but the people of its capital lack representation. The United States is the only democratic country that denies both voting rights in the national legislature and local self-government to the people of its capital.
Today we say no more.
My Republican colleagues would rather continue to deny voting rights for hundreds of thousands of American citizens because they may vote for Democrats.
Today we say no more.
We say no more to taxation without representation. No more to unequal rights for the District's residents. No more to this Nation failing to live up to the foundational principles that make us who we are.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 70
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