We need to revisit the point of expanding the court to 13 justices like we have 13 district courts. We need to revisit if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C. yes, if we regain control of the Senate. I served on this committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, when I was in the Senate, only the second black woman elected to the United States Senate after Carol Moseley Braun. (11:50–11:58)
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Asserts the need to reconsider statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.
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