Hoyer Discusses DC Statehood Legislation with WAMU, FOX 5 DC, MSNBC, WJLA and NBC Washington

WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) discussed Thursday's vote to pass H.R. 51, the Washington, DC Admission Act on WAMU, Fox 5 DC, MSNBC, WJLA, and NBC Washington. Below are excerpts from his interviews:

WAMU

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"When you consider that we have now a Majority Leader of the Senate and President of the United States who are for the bill, which was not the case in the last Congress when we passed the bill, that's substantial progress."

NBC Washington

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"We are the only government in the free world that does not extend voting rights in its parliament, in our case, the Congress, to the citizens it its Capital city."