[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 130 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             D.C. 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, with a detailed poll showing that 54 percent 
of the American people now support statehood for our Nation's capital, 
the District of Columbia, we are optimistic about passage in the Senate 
of H.R. 51.
  I thank the House for passage of our statehood bill, for that passage 
has spurred the American majority that now supports D.C. statehood. The 
recent hearing in the Senate helped further educate Americans about our 
statehood bill, noting that our country is the only democratic country 
that denies equal representation for the people of its capital.
  With continuing success with our D.C. statehood bill, we look forward 
to reporting progress on our bill on becoming the State of Washington, 
Douglass Commonwealth.

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