[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     WASHINGTON, D.C. ADMISSION ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, on a final matter, later today, a group 
of Senators will come to the floor to highlight an important issue: DC 
statehood.
  The District of Columbia has more residents than in Vermont and 
Wyoming and has nearly the same number as Delaware, Alaska, and several 
other States. They have the same obligations of citizenship. DC 
residents pay Federal taxes. They can be summoned for juries. They have 
served in every war since the Revolution, but they are all denied real 
representation here in Congress.
  DC statehood is an idea whose time has come. So I want to thank 
Senator Carper for organizing a group of Senators to shine a spotlight 
on this issue today.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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