WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Chris Van Hollen, along with 39 other senators, reintroduced legislation to secure statehood for the District of Columbia.
“Our country was founded on the idea that every American should have an equal say in our future. Yet, over 700,000 Americans in D.C. don’t get that right,” said Hickenlooper. “D.C. should have statehood and fair representation in Congress.”
District of Columbia’s Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced the bill in the House of Representatives. The bills are numbered S. 51 and H.R. 51, respectively, highlighting the lawmakers’ effort to admit Washington, D.C. into the Union as its 51st state.
Full text of the bill available HERE.
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