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All Americans Deserve Representation In House Of Representatives

Floor Speech

By: Al Green
By: Al Green
Date: March 22, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Federal, State and Local Relations Elections


ALL AMERICANS DESERVE REPRESENTATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -- (House of Representatives - March 22, 2007)

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I stand today to support legislation that will bring Washington, D.C. into this century. It is time to give the citizens of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in the United States Congress.

They have the right to pay taxes, but they don't have the right to vote in the United States Congress. They have the right to serve in the military, but they don't have the right to vote in the United States Congress.

While the Constitution of the United States does not directly address this question, it does speak of government of the people, by the people, for the people. It is time for the people of Washington, D.C. to participate in this form of government.

No other democracy in the free world has in its capital people who cannot vote. It is time to give the citizens of Washington, D.C. the right to vote in the United States Congress.


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