Psaki: Biden ‘Will Continue Fighting’ for D.C. Statehood

‘President Biden strongly supports D.C. statehood’

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PSAKI: “President Biden strongly supports D.C. statehood and we will all — our administration will work with Congress to get it passed. We put out a statement of administration policy in strong support of H.R. 51 just this morning. His view is that the denial of voting representation in Congress and local self-government to the 712,000 residents for our nation’s capital violates two of our nation’s founding principles: no taxation without representation and consent of the governed. And he will continue to advocate for this passing. I will also note an interesting detail I didn’t know until this morning, is that there are a number of members, of course, of the armed forces, retired military, who of course live in the District of Columbia and are denied, as a result of having the lack of statehood, the rights that many others around the country have. So there are a number of issues why this is absolutely the right step, and the President will continue to advocate for it.”

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