,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,november #h1       
#bjai,ms4 ,norton submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,oversight and    
,reform1 and in addition to the         
,committees on ,rules1 and ,veterans'   
,affairs1 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 rights  
in ,congress and full equality as       
,american citizens for veterans and     
their families who are ,district of     
,columbia residents1 and calling for    
statehood for the ,district of ,columbia
 through the passage of ,h4,r4 #ea1     
particularly in light of the service of 
,district of ,columbia veterans in every
 ,american war4  ,whereas 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
 full and equal rights in ,congress2    
,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 full
 voting rights in the ,house of         
,representatives and the ,senate2 and   
,whereas ,h4,r4 #ea1 the ,washington1   
,d4,c4 ,admission ,act1 would grant full
 and equal voting rights as well as     
unimpeded democratic control over local 
affairs to the ,district of ,columbia by
 making it the #east ,state3 ,now1      

therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives recognizes the service 
of all ,district of ,columbia veterans1 
condemns the denial of voting rights in 
,congress and full equality as ,american
 citizens for veterans and their        
families who are ,district of ,columbia 
residents1 and calls for statehood for  
the ,district of ,columbia through the  
passage of ,h4,r4 #ea1 particularly in  
light of the service of ,district of    
,columbia veterans in every ,american   
war4