[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               EQUALITY FOR RESIDENTS OF NATION'S CAPITAL

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, D.C. makes a big deal of Emancipation Day. 
That is the day that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in the Nation's 
Capital 9 months before the Emancipation Proclamation freed the rest.
  You will forgive us if we say that it is hardly enough that more than 
150 years later, the residents of your Nation's Capital, White and 
Black, are number one in Federal taxes paid to support this Republic 
but have no final vote, like the vote just cast in this House on the 
House floor, and no Senators whatsoever.
  Emancipation Day will mark the day when we will celebrate H.R. 51 to 
make the District of Columbia the 51st State.
  Lincoln freed the slaves in the District of Columbia. Congress must 
pass H.R. 51 to make freedom mean equality for the residents of your 
Nation's Capital with all other Americans.

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