Bill Press: It’s time for D.C. statehood

Who says Republicans don’t have a sense of humor? If you still think so, you missed this week’s hearing of the House Oversight and Reform Committee — where Members of Congress made the most ridiculous arguments for opposing statehood for the District of Columbia. It was better than “Saturday Night Live.”

First, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) argued that Washington, D.C., can’t become a state because its residents have no way of making a living. “They have no source of income,”