WASHINGTON, D.C. – In her weekly NEWSLETTER, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton praised the House Oversight and Reform Chairman, Members, and witnesses for an enlightening and empowering hearing on statehood for the District of Columbia, which Norton herself chaired on Thursday, September 19.
“D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson, D.C. CFO Jeffrey DeWitt, Congressional Research Service Attorney Kenneth Thomas, and D.C. veteran Kerwin Miller answered the outstanding questions from Members with ease,” the Newsletter notes. “Norton also thanked Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) for their leadership in giving D.C. statehood priority.”
“The testimony presented from District officials and expert witnesses leaves no doubt that the Washington, D.C. Admission Act is constitutional and that the state would meet all of its financial, economic and other obligations,” Norton said. “Thank you, in particular, to Chairman Cummings for his continued leadership to make whole the 700,000 Americans living in the District of Columbia. The next step is again historic H.R. 51 will be marked up to move to the House floor.” See more on the hearing and other items in the newsletter at https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/FMfcgxwDrRSjMSKQkFJQqpwzchZfhsfh
