Norton Thanks Senator Carper for Championing D.C. Statehood in Senate

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on Senator Tom Carper’s (D-DE) retirement announcement:

“The people of the District of Columbia have no senator of their own, but they have had in Senator Tom Carper an amazing champion of their rights. Senator Carper has been a co-lead of virtually every bill for our rights for over a decade, most notably sponsoring our bill granting D.C. statehood. Senator Carper also sponsored our bill making D.C. eligible to receive federal flood mitigation and prevention funding and co-led our bills granting D.C. control of its National Guard and Police Department respectively. Most recently, Senator Carper secured a record breaking 43 original cosponsors for our D.C. Statehood bill. I wish Senator Carper well, but when he leaves the Senate, he will have the abiding appreciation of the citizens of the nation's capital, who will never forget where he stood in our fight for self-government.”

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