DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 65

JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PRO-
VIDE FOR REPRESENTATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
IN THE CONGRESS

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APRIL 17, 27, AND 28, 1978

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CONTENTS

OPENING STATEMENTS

-Bayh, Hon. Birch, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana, chairman,

Subcommittee on the Constitution

Metzenbaum, Hon. Howard M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio

Scott, Hon. William L., a U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia

S.J. Res. 65..

LEGISLATION AND CONGRESSIONAL REMARKS

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- Remarks by Senator Bayh, Congressional Record, June 24, 1977

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1978

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts

Harmon, Hon. John M., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel,

U.S. Department of Justice

Brooke, Hon. Edward W., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts

- McClure, Hon. James A., a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho..

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland

Eagleton, Hon. Thomas F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri.

THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1978

McClory, Hon. Robert, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State of

Illinois

Bartlett, Hon. Dewey F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma

Edwards, Hon. Don, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State of

California.

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Fauntroy, Hon. Walter F., a U.S. Representative from the District of Columbia..

Knight, Hon. John W., Senator, Parliament House, Australian Capital Terri-

tory

- Washington, Hon. Walter E., Mayor of the District of Columbia, accompanied

by Judith Rogers, special assistant for legislation

Tucker, Hon. Sterling, chairman, District of Columbia City Council, and

president, Metropolitan Coalition for Self-Determination for the District of

Columbia....

Linowes, Robert, president, Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade, Wash-

ington, District of Columbia

Fortune, Connie, member, National Board of the League of Women Voters

Hechinger, John W., National Committeeman from the District to the Demo-

cratic National Committee, vice president, Coalition for Self-Determination

for D.C

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FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1978

Rauh, Joseph L., general counsel, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,

Washington, D.C

Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington Bureau, National Association for the

Advancement of Colored People