Recognizing on Memorial Day, May 27, 2024, the denial of full participation in their Government through statehood by active duty servicemembers, National Guard members, reservists, veterans, and their families who are residents of the District of Columbia.
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Latest Action · May 21, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
This resolution recognizes the service and sacrifice of military members and veterans living in the District of Columbia, who the resolution argues deserve greater political representation. The measure highlights that approximately 30,000 veterans reside in D.C. but lack voting representation in Congress and have limited local self-government, despite D.C. residents having served in every major American conflict since the Revolutionary War. The resolution notes that D.C. residents have suffered significant casualties in past wars, with numbers exceeding those of several states. On Memorial Day 2024, the resolution calls for recognition that these service members and their families deserve passage of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51), which currently has 206 cosponsors in the House and 46 in the Senate and would grant D.C. statehood. This is a symbolic resolution with no direct funding or enforcement mechanisms, but it expresses the House's position on D.C. representation for military families.
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