[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 17, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H10604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   D.C. SHOULD HAVE IMPEACHMENT VOTE

  (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, when the matter of impeaching President 
Trump comes to the House floor tomorrow, the House will vote on its 
most solemn matter, except for matters of war and peace. Yet, more than 
700,000 Americans who reside in our Nation's Capital cannot be 
recorded.
  It is un-American to deny any Americans who pay Federal taxes the 
vote on any bill. That denial is even more unconscionable, considering 
that D.C. residents pay the highest Federal taxes per capita in the 
United States.
  The 23rd Amendment of our Constitution gave D.C. residents the right 
to vote for President and Vice President. It should follow, as day 
follows night, that D.C. residents should have the vote to remove the 
President, as well.
  Yet another reason, Mr. Speaker, the House will pass our D.C. 
statehood bill this session.

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