{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-introduces-resolution-designate-may-1-2023-dc-statehood-day", "Norton Introduces Resolution to Designate May 1, 2023, as \u201cD.C. Statehood Day\u201d", "2023-04-27", "2023", "2023-04", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2023, as \u201cD.C. Statehood Day\u201d and calling for statehood for the District through enactment of her Washington, D.C. Admission Act.\n\n\"The single idea of 'taxation without representation' that gave rise to the American Revolution still resonates today,\" Norton said. \"D.C. residents pay the highest federal taxes per capita and more federal taxes than 23 states, and the District has a bond rating higher than 35 states. D.C. residents have fought and died in every war since the Revolution, and they deserve voting representation in Congress and full local self-government.\n\n\u201cHighlighting the District\u2019s need for statehood, as early and as often as possible, only serves to help us reach statehood sooner, and I introduced this resolution to name May 1st, or 5/1, \u2018Statehood Day\u2019 for this very reason.\u201d\n\nThe text of the resolution follows.\n\n118th CONGRESS\n\n1st Session\n\nH. RES. __\n\nRecognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2023, as \u201cD.C. Statehood Day\u201d.\n\nIN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n\nMs. Norton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on _______________\n\nRESOLUTION\n\nRecognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2023, as \u201cD.C. Statehood Day\u201d.\n\nWhereas the United States was founded on the principles of consent of the governed and no taxation without representation;\n\nWhereas District of Columbia residents are denied voting representation in Congress and full local self-government;\n\nWhereas the District of Columbia pays more per capita Federal taxes than any State and pays more Federal taxes than 23 States;\n\nWhereas statehood would give District of Columbia residents voting representation in Congress and full local self-government;\n\nWhereas Congress has the constitutional authority to pass the District of Columbia statehood bill, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51), which would admit the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth and reduce the size of the Federal district;\n\nWhereas the Admissions Clause of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to admit new States, and all 37 new States were admitted by Congress;\n\nWhereas no State would have to consent to the admission of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth;\n\nWhereas the District Clause of the Constitution gives Congress plenary authority over the Federal district and establishes a maximum size of the Federal district, but not a minimum size nor a location of the Federal district;\n\nWhereas the 23d Amendment to the Constitution allows the Federal district to participate in the electoral college, while not establishing a minimum size nor a location of the Federal district;\n\nWhereas the Constitution does not establish any prerequisites for new States, but Congress has generally considered 3 factors\u2014\n\n(1) population and resources;\n\n(2) support for statehood; and\n\n(3) commitment to democracy;\n\nWhereas the District of Columbia has a larger population than 2 States;\n\nWhereas the District of Columbia has a larger gross domestic product than 16 States and a higher per capita gross domestic product than any State;\n\nWhereas the District of Columbia has a higher per capita personal income than any State;\n\nWhereas the District of Columbia has a triple-A bond rating;\n\nWhereas 86 percent of District of Columbia residents voted for statehood in 2016; and\n\nWhereas District of Columbia residents have been fighting for voting representation in Congress and full local self-government for more than 200 years: Now, therefore, be it\n\nResolved, That the House of Representatives\u2014\n\n(1) supports the designation of \u201cD.C. Statehood Day\u201d; and\n\n(2) calls on Congress to pass the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51).\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:44:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-introduces-resolution-designate-may-1-2023-dc-statehood-day"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9361598640680313, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}