Press Release: Statement on Poll Showing Maryland Residents Support DC Statehood
News Release — Executive Office of the Mayor
October 21, 2019
CONTACT:
LaToya Foster (EOM)
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser issued the following statement regarding a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll showing a majority of Maryland residents support statehood for Washington, DC.
“When our fellow Americans know the full story of Washington, DC – that we pay more in federal taxes per capita than any state, that our women and men serve bravely in the armed forces, and that DC has balanced 24 straight budgets and has surpluses that are their envy – they will support making Washington, DC the 51st state. Our neighbors in Maryland know that by recognizing the rights promised to us in the U.S. Constitution, we would be building not only a stronger DC, but a stronger region. That is why we will continue to teach more Americans about our plight until we make it right.”
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