[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 70 (Thursday, April 22, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E443-E444]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              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

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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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