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D.C. advocates tell Massachusetts committee: support statehood for Washington, D.C.
Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs (Massachusetts General Court) · November 13, 2025
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Summary
Witnesses, including a fifth-generation Washingtonian and the District's nonvoting shadow senator, urged the committee to back House and Senate measures (H3844/S2472) expressing support for admitting Washington, D.C., as a state to give its residents voting representation in Congress.
A small group of witnesses urged the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs to signal support for D.C. statehood by backing companion resolutions in the Massachusetts legislature.
Elizabeth Callanan Mitchell, a fifth-generation Washingtonian, said D.C. residents live "in…
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