Tomorrow, during @OversightDems hearing on classroom censorship, I will warn that a Republican House could abuse Congress’ undemocratic power over DC to try to ban books and regulate curriculum in DC public schools.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties hearing on curriculum sabotage and classroom censorship tomorrow, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will highlight the unique threat to District of Columbia public schools from Congress’ control over D.C.’s local affairs. Norton warned that a Republican House could try to ban books and regulate curriculum in D.C. public schools. Representative Glenn Grothman (R-WI) has already introduced a bill this Congress that would regulate the teaching of race and gender in D.C. public schools.
#DCStatehood Fact of the Week: DC residents are like Americans in all the states.
They’re teachers, health care professionals, retail workers, chefs. All are denied voting representation in Congress and full home rule simply because they live on one side of a border.
NJ reported $2 million in sales on the first day of commercialization of recreational marijuana.
Congress, with POTUS’s support, prohibits DC from commercializing rec. marijuana, depriving DC millions of dollars in tax revenue. #HandsOffDC#DCStatehood.
“The data shows that the market is effectively serving both adult-use consumers and patients.” By Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor More than 12,000 customers bought almost $2 million worth of recreational cannabis products on the first day of recreational marijuana sales in New Jersey last week, according to numbers the state Cannabis Regulatory Commission released […]
#DCStatehood fact of the week: 5,000 DC residents were casualties of World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, giving their lives and bodies for a country that denied them voting representation in Congress.
On Saturday, I spoke at the National Cannabis Festival about the rider prohibiting DC from using local funds to commercialize recreational marijuana, my bill to allow marijuana in federally assisted housing in jurisdictions where it is legal, and progress on #DCStatehood.
