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Committee hears testimony on HJ 18 urging recognition of D.C. statehood
Summary
House Energy, Technology and Government Affairs held a hearing on House Joint Resolution 18, a resolution urging recognition and support for statehood for the District of Columbia.
House Energy, Technology and Government Affairs held a hearing on House Joint Resolution 18, a resolution urging recognition and support for statehood for the District of Columbia.
HJ 18’s sponsor, Representative Bob Carter of House District 96, opened the hearing and limited public testimony to three minutes because of floor time constraints. The resolution asks Montana’s legislature to register support for full congressional representation for the roughly 700,000 residents of the District of Columbia.
Proponents who testified online said statehood would restore full voting rights. Ankit Jain,…
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