HISTORY MADE: DC VOTE RELEASES STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF DC STATEHOOD

MEDIA ADVISORY:
April 22, 2021

PRESS CONTACT:
Will Soltero
[email protected]

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. Leading statehood organization DC Vote released the following statement:

April 22, 2021 is a date Washingtonians will never forget, as this is the day the People’s House voted in the name of liberty, equality and ultimately Statehood for the people of Washington, D.C.

The people of the United States demand statehood for their fellow Americans residing in the nation’s capital, and today’s vote will cement that truth in our history books. This moment would not be possible without the leadership of Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, DC’s representatives in our quest for representation, as well as the activists and advocates throughout the country who’ve championed this issue—of representation, of racial justice and of equality under the law—as their own.

With the power of the President and the House unified behind this cause, DC Statehood will now appear before the Senate. With a record-breaking 45 co-sponsors, S. 51 must be promptly provided a hearing and ultimately, a vote in the upper chamber of our Congress. The people of Washington, D.C. deserve Statehood, and the eyes of a nation rest on the Senate to deliver.

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