What can you tell us, Representative Hageman, about what's going on on the ground there and what is needed? Well, so as so many of your listeners probably recognize, Under Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution, it actually states that the seat it's called the seat of government doctrine, and it grants plenary authority, legislative authority to Congress over the District of Columbia as the federal capital. Our founding fathers wanted the nation's capital to be free from disproportionate influence of any single state and the influence of states generally. (00:50–01:07)
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Asserts that the Constitution grants Congress plenary legislative authority over Washington, D.C.
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