[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 173 (Thursday, October 31, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H8708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CELEBRATING A DOUBLE WIN FOR D.C.

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, with the impeachment inquiry vote, the 
House made history today, but the Washington Nationals made 
unprecedented history just last night.
  Our D.C. Nats won the World Series for the very first time in 
American history. Our Nats were the underdogs throughout the series, 
just like their hometown, the District of Columbia, has been for 218 
years.
  But hold on, America. We are about to make it a double: Nats' victory 
last night; House passage of H.R. 51, the D.C. statehood bill, during 
the 116th Congress.
  Watch for how I make my friend, Sheila Jackson Lee, pay up on our bet 
against the Houston Astros.
  Go Nats! Long live D.C. statehood!

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