Objection. Ms. Norton the United States is the only democratic country that denies both Voting Rights in its National Legislature and local autonomy to the residence of its Nations Capital. As we approach jeweluly 4 its long pastime to apply the nationals oldest slogan, no taxation without representation, and without consent of the governed to district of columbia residence. H. R. 51 would do so. And congress has both the moral obligation and the Constitutional Authority to pass the bill. H. R. 51 would admit the state of washington douglas commonwealth into the union and reduce the size of the Federal District. The state would consist of 66 of the 68 square miles of the present day Federal District. The reduced Federal District over which congress would retain mrenery authority pleneray authority would have two square miles. The reduced district would have washington visitors to the capitol capitol, the supreme court, and the principal federal monuments. H. R. 51 has both the faxcts a