BROWN EXPRESSES SUPPORT OF DC FAIR AND EQUAL HOUSE VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND URGES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT D.C. STATEHOOD

WASHINGTON – Councilmember At-Large Kwame R. Brown expressed his continued support for DC Statehood by strongly supporting the DC Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act, (H.R. 5388) introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Representative Tom Davis. The House Government Reform Committee is scheduled to markup the DC Voting Rights Act today.  Below is a statement from Councilmember Brown urging members of Congress and encouraging residents of the District of Columbia to continue the fight for full representation.

“I am delighted to see the day where representatives of both our great city and the State of Utah introduce legislation to establish the District of Columbia as a Congressional District.   Throughout the years our representative, Ms. Eleanor Holmes Norton has worked tirelessly to provoke change in Congress and has made our voices heard on the House floor.  Now is the time for Congress to hear our voice as a vote.  I hope that the Government Reform Committee will strongly consider this measure for equal representation, a liberty that we have been denied far too long.  As Americans, we should have equal opportunity to participate in the democracy on which our country was founded.”

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