That wasn't true the last well, not the last time, but one of the times that we had all houses was like, not only is DC Ready, we have a new Constitution. We have more support in the Congress than we've ever had. And We have a referendum for D.C. voters that says over 80% that this is what we want. The nation now sees the problem. I think the thing, the nuanced difference that I have witnessed in my tenure is that we've always talked about statehood, about how it hurts us in D.C. we don't have representation, we don't have autonomy. (14:50–14:57)
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