[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7275]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    ALL AMERICANS DESERVE REPRESENTATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  (Mr. AL GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I stand today to support 
legislation that will bring Washington, D.C. into this century. It is 
time to give the citizens of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in the 
United States Congress.
  They have the right to pay taxes, but they don't have the right to 
vote in the United States Congress. They have the right to serve in the 
military, but they don't have the right to vote in the United States 
Congress.
  While the Constitution of the United States does not directly address 
this question, it does speak of government of the people, by the 
people, for the people. It is time for the people of Washington, D.C. 
to participate in this form of government.
  No other democracy in the free world has in its capital people who 
cannot vote. It is time to give the citizens of Washington, D.C. the 
right to vote in the United States Congress.

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