.@EleanorNorton: “If the House cared about democratic principles or D.C. residents, it would be voting on my D.C. statehood bill…The House is choosing not to do so. It is a choice. I will close by saying to all members of the House: Keep your hands off of D.C.” #HandsOffDC
Today's @GOPOversight hearing on DC demonstrates the peculiar, paternalistic Republican preoccupation with meddling in local DC affairs.
To Republicans determined to waste their constituents' resources on undemocratic meddling: Keep your #HandsOffDC.
https://t.co/TAdoZsxaDl
“We need to be talking about statehood, which is something that the residents of DC actually want – not this type of legislation.”
Thank you, @RepMaxwellFrost, for speaking out against #HJRes42 and other outrageous attempts to override the will of the people in DC. #HandsOffDC
I spoke to the Washington Post ahead of today's markup of the disapproval resolution to nullify local DC's policing reform bill.
Read the article here: https://t.co/OPVJrX3heN
Here is a reminder that D.C. residents:
✅ Support #DCstatehood
✅ Pay the highest federal taxes per capita
✅ Have no voting representation in Congress
Today’s hearing is an affront to the rights of political democracy and self-determination.
Republican's fixation with DC, over their very own districts, is a waste of time. They should instead be focused on their own constituents and spending time solving problems for them.
The House Republican fixation in local Washington DC affairs is wrong and undemocratic.
If @GOPOversight is so concerned my advice to them is to run for local office in DC.
Mr President -
Do you have any idea how many DC residents worked for you?
Donated (a lot) to you?
Fanned out across the country to knock on doors and make phone calls for you?
We deserve a lot better than this.
#handsoffdc#DCStatehood
13. That means judges can sentence criminals to up to 18 years -- three years longer than the harshest sentences handed down today -- FOR ANY CARJACKING.
The new code does not weaken the penalties for carjacking, but aligns them with reality.
https://t.co/lgNm3r6qPX
9. What do the revisions to the DC code actually do? The purpose was not to reduce the prison population or lessen the penalties for various crimes. It was to comprehensively update a code that was written in 1901.
@JoeBiden 3. In April 2021, the Biden administration enthusiastically announced its support for legislation making DC the 51st state. The statement said that "denial of self governance is an affront to the democratic values on which our Nation was founded."
You’re either for home rule or you’re not.
You’re either for self determination or you’re not.
I’m disappointed at the fact that people who preached democracy is practicing suppression.
This #DCStatehood moment is what prioritizing party politics over people look like.
On Wednesday, 2/22 from 5:30-7:30 pm I'll host an open house in my district office.
Come meet my district office team, hear me speak about Black History Month, and learn more about the services my office provides.