September 9, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 143 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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                             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. Madam Speaker, on Thursday, September 19, the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform will hold a historic hearing on D.C. statehood. 
It will be the first hearing on H.R. 51 in 26 years.
  This is not an informational hearing, Madam Speaker. This is a 
jurisdictional hearing in every meaning of that word.
  The State will still be called Washington, D.C., but D.C. will stand 
for Douglass Commonwealth after the immortal Frederick Douglass, who 
championed equal rights for D.C. citizens.
  D.C. residents pay the highest Federal taxes per capita in the United 
States. No wonder this bill has almost enough cosponsors to pass right 
now. It is not too late to cosponsor. Don't let H.R. 51 go to the House 
floor without you.

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