[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3637]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 D.C. IS MORE THAN READY FOR STATEHOOD

  (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, I come to report significant progress on 
D.C. statehood and to thank my colleagues for passing my bill to make 
the District the 51st State. I especially thank Senator Gary Peters for 
holding a Senate hearing on the bill in June, only the second hearing 
in Senate history.
  I particularly appreciate the work of Senator Tom Carper, the lead 
Senate sponsor, for a record 45 Senate cosponsors.
  These efforts in the House and Senate have resulted in 54 percent of 
the American people now supporting D.C. statehood.
  D.C. is more than ready--indeed is overqualified--for statehood. 
Residents pay more Federal taxes per capita than any State, more taxes 
than 21 States, and has a larger gross domestic product than 17 States.
  The District of Columbia is well on its way to becoming our 51st 
State.

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