D.C. Statehood Bill Gets House Oversight Committee Hearing

On Monday, the House Oversight Committee held a hybrid hearing on H.R. 51, a piece of legislation proposed to give Washington, D.C., official statehood.

The state would be named Washington, Douglass Commonwealth to pay tribute to the abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The bill, H.R. 51, would alter the “Capital” area size, as well, making the “Capital” technically “the principal Federal monuments, the White House, the Capitol Building, the United States Supreme Court Building, and the Federal executive, legislative, and judicial office buildings located adjacent to the Mall and the Capitol Building.”