September 3rd, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Along with 69 other co-sponsors, Democratic Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin has introduced House Joint Resolution 115 to terminate President Trump’s federal emergency declaration in regards to crime in the District of Columbia. The National Guard was called to the US capital by the president in mid-August. Raskin says the order demonstrates why DC residents want statehood…

   

“This is a plain of political equality and self-government that people in DC need to exist on. Otherwise, their rights are constantly besieged by partisan attack and manipulation.”