Pelosi: ‘District of Columbia Statehood Is in My DNA’

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PELOSI: “This is a picture of my father and the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. It was the first -- he had a hearing as the chair of the District of Columbia Appropriations Subcommittee. As chair of that subcommittee, he was known as the unofficial mayor of Washington. Because, sadly, the Congress had so much to say over what happens in the District of Columbia. He did not support that. He was all for home rule and what would come after that. But this was an invitation he extended to Eleanor Roosevelt, and she, as I said, the first first lady to ever testify in Congress. And she testified about the conditions in St. Elizabeths welfare institutions in the District of Columbia. And this is the picture that was taken. We are so proud of it. And again, proud to help, but help meant -- meant letting the District of Columbia decide for itself. So, everybody talks about how long they have been working on it, DNA, District of Columbia statehood.”