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D.C. is More Than Ready for Statehood

Floor Speech

Date: July 19, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Constitution

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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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