,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #igh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #bb1 #bjbj,ms4 
,norton submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform    
,,resolution  ,recognizing on ,memorial 
,day1 ,may #be1 #bjbj1 the denial of    
full participation in their ,government 
through statehood by active duty        
servicemembers1 ,national ,guard        
members1 reservists1 veterans1 and their
 families who are residents of the      
,district of ,columbia4  ,whereas on the
 last ,monday of ,may1 our ,nation      
observes ,memorial ,day1 a ,federal     
holiday commemorating the men and women 
who died in the service of their        
country2 ,whereas the service and       
sacrifice of active duty servicemembers1
 ,national ,guard members1 reservists1  
veterans1 and their families are        
unparalleled2 ,whereas a voluntary      
military gives the ,american people the 
privilege and honor of being protected  

by active duty servicemembers1 ,national
 ,guard members1 and reservists1 instead
 of through use of conscription2        
,whereas active duty servicemembers1    
,national ,guard members1 reservists1   
and veterans have risked life and limb  
to protect the ,american people and     
uphold the rights and freedoms of the   
people of the ,united ,states2 ,whereas 
approximately #cj1jjj veterans are      
residents of the ,district of ,columbia 
and do not have voting rights and full  
representation in the ,congress of the  
,united ,states or full self-governance 
in the ,district of ,columbia2 ,whereas 
residents of the ,district of ,columbia 
fought in the ,revolutionary ,war1 which
 resulted in the creation of the ,united
 ,states1 under the slogan of no        
taxation without representation1 and    
have served in every war since2 ,whereas
 #fce ,district of ,columbia residents  
were casualties of ,world ,war ,i1 a    
casualty figure greater than that       
observed by #c different ,states during 

that war2 ,whereas #c1ege ,district of  
,columbia residents were casualties of  
,world ,war ,,ii1 a casualty figure     
greater than that observed by #d        
different ,states during that war2      
,whereas #edg ,district of ,columbia    
residents were casualties of the ,korean
 war1 a casualty figure greater than    
that observed by #h different ,states   
during that war2 ,whereas #bdc ,district
 of ,columbia residents were casualties 
of the ,vietnam war1 a casualty figure  
greater than that observed by #aj       
different ,states during that war2      
,whereas almost #bjj1jjj ,district of   
,columbia residents have served in the  
military since ,world ,war ,i2 ,whereas 
,congress should pass the ,washington1  
,d4,c4 ,admission ,act1 which would     
grant full and equal voting             
representation1 as well as democratic   
control over local affairs1 to the      
residents of the ,district of ,columbia 
by making ,washington1 ,douglass        
,commonwealth1 the #east ,state2 and    

,whereas the ,washington1 ,d4,c4        
,admission ,act has a record #bbc       
cosponsors in the ,house and a record   
#ce cosponsors in the ,senate3 ,now1    
therefore1 be it ,that-- 7#a7 ,district 
of ,columbia residents have earned full 
and equal representation in the ,united 
,states ,house of ,representatives and  
,united ,states ,senate2 and  7#b7 on   
,memorial ,day1 ,may #be1 #bjbj1 the    
,house of ,representatives recognizes   
that active duty servicemembers1        
,national ,guard members1 reservists1   
veterans1 and their families who are    
residents of the ,district of ,columbia 
deserve passage of the ,washington1     
,d4,c4 ,admission ,act by the ,house of 
,representatives in #bjbj4