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Discussing the Implications of S. 132, the New Columbia Admission Act of 2013 S. Hrg. 113–713 EQUALITY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: DISCUSSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF S. 132, THE NEW COLUMBIA ADMISSION ACT OF 2013 HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov/ Printed for the use of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ( EQUALITY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: DISCUSSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF S. 132, THE NEW COLUMBIA ADMISSION ACT OF 2013 S. Hrg. 113–713 EQUALITY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: DISCUSSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF S. 132, THE NEW COLUMBIA ADMISSION ACT OF 2013 HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.fdsys.gov/ Printed for the use of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 92–904 PDF WASHINGTON : 2015 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware Chairman CARL LEVIN, Michigan TOM COBURN, Oklahoma MARK L. PRYOR, Arkansas JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana RON JOHNSON, Wisconsin CLAIRE MCCASKILL, Missouri ROB PORTMAN, Ohio JON TESTER, Montana RAND PAUL, Kentucky MARK BEGICH, Alaska MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin KELLY AYOTTE, New Hampshire HEIDI HEITKAMP, North Dakota GABRIELLE A. BATKIN. Staff Director JOHN P. KILVINGTON, Deputy Staff Director DEANNE B. MILLISON, Counsel HOLLY A. IDELSON, Senior Counsel KEITH B. ASHDOWN, Minority Staff Director CHRISTOPHER J. BARKLEY, Minority Deputy Staff Director GABRIELLE D’ADAMO SINGER, Minority Counsel LAURA W. KILBRIDE, Chief Clerk LAUREN M. CORCORAN, Hearing Clerk (II) C O N T E N T S Opening statements: Page Senator Carper ................................................................................................. 1 Senator Coburn ................................................................................................. 3 Prepared statements: Senator Carper ................................................................................................. 43 Senator Coburn ................................................................................................. 46 WITNESSES MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Delegate of The District of Columbia, U.S. House of Representatives .................................................................................... 6 Hon. Vincent C. Gray, Mayor, District of Columbia ............................................. 9 Hon. Philip H. Mendelson, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia ....... 11 Hon. Viet D. Dinh, Professor, Georgetown University Law School ..................... 21 Hon. Alice M. Rivlin, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, The Brookings Institute ............................................ 23 Wade Henderson, President, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights .................................................................................................................... 25 Roger Pilon, Ph.D., J.D. Vice President for Legal Affairs and B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute .................................... 27 Hon. Paul Strauss, Shadow Senator, District of Columbia .................................. 29 Hon. Michael D. Brown, Shadow Senator, District of Columbia ......................... 31 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Brown, Hon. Michael D.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 31 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 170 Dinh, Hon. Viet D.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 21 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 74 Gray, Hon. Vincent C.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 9 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 54 Henderson, Wade: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 25 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 90 Mendelson, Hon. Philip H.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 11 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 62 Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 6 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 50 Pilon, Roger Ph.D. J.D.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 27 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 95 Rivlin, Hon. Alice M.: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 23 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 87 Strauss, Hon. Paul: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 29 Prepared statement with attachment ............................................................. 100 (III) IV Page APPENDIX Additional statements for the Record: Committee on DC Minority Report submitted by Senator Coburn .............. 173 GWU Law Review Article ................................................................................ 216 Letter submitted from Lee Casey, Baker and Hostetler LLP ....................... 245 Article submitted by Jonathan Turley, George Washington Law Pro- fessor .............................................................................................................. 247 Office of Legal Policy Report to Attorney General ......................................... 251 Congressional Research Service ...................................................................... 399 Charles Allen, Democratic Nominee, Council of the District of Columbia .. 408 Committee for the Capital City ....................................................................... 412 Mary M. Cheh ................................................................................................... 418 District of Columbia Bar .................................................................................. 442 Attorney Johnny Barnes .................................................................................. 445 Timothy Cooper, Executive Director, World Rights ....................................... 504 Citizen Letters .................................................................................................. 506 Bend the Arc Jewish Action ............................................................................ 553 Central Conference of American Rabbis ......................................................... 555 Gregory Allen Cendana .................................................................................... 556 Responses to post-hearing questions for the Record: Ms. Norton ........................................................................................................ 558 Mr. Gray ............................................................................................................ 561 Mr. Mendelson .................................................................................................. 565 Mr. Dinh ............................................................................................................ 572 Ms. Rivlin .......................................................................................................... 576 Mr. Pilon ........................................................................................................... 577 EQUALITY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: DISCUSSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF S. 132, THE NEW COLUMBIA ADMISSION ACT OF 2013 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 3:03 p.m., in room SD–342, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Thomas R. Carper, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Carper and Coburn. OPENING STATEMENT OF CHAIRMAN CARPER Chairman CARPER. Good afternoon, everyone. The hearing will come to order. When I assumed the chairmanship of this Com- mittee in January 2013 and Dr. Coburn became the Ranking Mem- ber, a Committee with broad jurisdictions over the Federal Govern- ment operations and homeland security. I took on the responsibility for Federal legislation on matters concerning the District of Colum- bia whose more than 600,000 citizens are denied a vote in Con- gress. I
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