HRes 871 · 119th Congress

Recognizing the service of all District of Columbia veterans, condemning the denial of voting representation in Congress and full local self-government for veterans and their families who are District of Columbia residents, and calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51), particularly in light of the service of District of Columbia veterans in every American war.

This is a resolution that honors District of Columbia veterans and argues for making D.C. a state. The resolution points out that about 30,000 veterans currently live in D.C., and throughout American history, D.C. residents have fought in every major war the country has fought—from the Revolutionary War to recent co…

Sponsor

Norton, Eleanor Holmes (D-District of Columbia)

Introduced

2025-11-10

Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Latest action

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.