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Published: | 2016-May-08 |
Last Updated: | 2017-Mar-07 |
Principal Writer: | Barry Shatzman |
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Washington, D.C. Admission Act2017 (HR-1291)
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We find no justification to deny statehood.
More than 700,000 people live in the District of Columbia. As they are citizens of the United States, we see no justification to deny them the representation in our government that all other U.S. citizens have. We also see no justification in preventing D.C. residents from enacting local laws that don't require Congressional oversight.
Creating a new state from the residential areas is one solution that would fix this injustice. There are others - one being to incorporate the residential areas of Washington, D.C. into Maryland.
Forcing Washington, D.C. residents into a neighboring state would go against their preferences, and could be considered yet another example of denying them self determination. Why do we say this? The bill to provide statehood to Washington D.C. was authored by the District's own elected Congressional representative.