9/15/14 Hearing on DC Statehood in US Senate

DC Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson answer questions about statehood from Senator Tom Carper, Chairman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee in the US Senate at the first Congressional hearing on DC Statehood in 20 years September 15^th.    /Photo by Nancy Shia 

The first to speak at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs hearing on DC Statehood are DC’s highest elected officials:  Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Vincent Gray and Council Chairman Phil Mendelson September 15^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson makes a point about DC Statehood during the hearing before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs September 15^th.  /Photo by Nancy ShiaPhoto 

 

DC Mayor Vincent Gray makes a point about DC Statehood during the hearing before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs September 15^th.  /Photo by Nancy ShiaPhoto

DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton makes a point about DC Statehood during the hearing before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs September 15^th.  /Photo by Nancy ShiaPhoto 

DC Mayor Vincent Gray and DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson confer during the Congressional hearing on DC Statehood September 15^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia