,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #abaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,november #e1   
#bjbj,ms4 ,norton submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,reform1 and in addition to the         
,committees on ,veterans' ,affairs1 and 
,rules1 for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,recognizing the service of all         
,district of ,columbia veterans1        
condemning the denial of voting         
representation in ,congress and full    
local self-government for veterans and  
their families who are ,district of     
,columbia residents1 and calling for    
statehood for the ,district of ,columbia
 through the enactment of ,h4,r4 #ea1   
particularly in light of the service of 
,district of ,columbia veterans in every
 ,american war4  ,whereas1 on ,november 

#aa1 our ,nation observes ,veterans     
,day1 a ,federal holiday commemorating  
the men and women who served and        
sacrificed for their country2 ,whereas  
the service and sacrifice of all        
,american veterans must be recognized2  
,whereas the service of approximately   
#cj1jjj residents of the ,district of   
,columbia in the ,armed ,forces is      
unparalleled because they served without
 voting representation in ,congress and 
full local self-government2 ,whereas    
residents of the ,district of ,columbia 
fought to create the ,united ,states1   
fighting for the ,revolutionary ,war    
slogan of no taxation without           
representation1 and have served in every
 war fought by the ,united ,states      
since2 ,whereas #fce ,district of       
,columbia residents were casualties of  
,world ,war ,i1 a casualty figure       
greater than that of #c different       
,states during that war2 ,whereas #c1ege
 ,district of ,columbia residents were  
casualties of ,world ,war ,,ii1 a       

casualty figure greater than that of #d 
different ,states during that war2      
,whereas #edg ,district of ,columbia    
residents were casualties of the ,korean
 war1 a casualty figure greater than    
that of #h different ,states during that
 war2 ,whereas #bdc ,district of        
,columbia residents were casualties of  
the ,vietnam war1 a casualty figure     
greater than that of #aj different      
,states during that war2 ,whereas almost
 #bjj1jjj ,district of ,columbia        
residents have served in the military   
since ,world ,war ,i2 ,whereas residents
 of the ,district of ,columbia1         
including active duty servicemembers1   
,national ,guard members1 reservists1   
and veterans1 continue to be denied     
voting representation in the ,house of  
,representatives and the ,senate1 as    
well as full local self-government2     
,whereas ,h4,r4 #ea1 the ,washington1   
,,dc ,admission ,act1 would grant full  
and equal voting rights in ,congress as 
well as unimpeded democratic control    

over local affairs to the ,district of  
,columbia by making it the #east ,state2
 and ,whereas ,h4,r4 #ea was passed by  
the ,house of ,representatives on ,june 
#bf1 #bjbj3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that
 the ,house of ,representatives         
recognizes the service of all ,district 
of ,columbia veterans1 condemns the     
denial of voting representation in      
,congress and full local self-government
 for veterans and their families who are
 ,district of ,columbia residents1 and  
calls for statehood for the ,district of
 ,columbia through the enactment of     
,h4,r4 #ea1 particularly in light of the
 service of ,district of ,columbia      
veterans in every ,american war4