; Whereas residents of the District of Columbia, including active duty service members, National Guard members, reservists, and veterans, are denied full voting representation in the House of Representatives and the Senate; and Whereas Congress should pass H.R. 1291, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would grant full and equal voting representation as well as democratic control over local affairs to the District of Columbia by making it the 51st State: Now, therefore, be it