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Show GARN OPPOSES WASHINGTON, D.C, REPRESENTATION To avoid setting a very dangerous precedent, the District of Columbia should not be given representation as though it were a state, U.S. Senator Jake Garn (R-Utah) (R-Utah) said. Garn opposes the amendment before the Senate which would provide pro-vide the District with representatives repre-sentatives and two senators without requiring the responsibilities re-sponsibilities of statehood. "I am not seeking to deny voting rights to any citizen, but we must preserve the proper constitutional processes," pro-cesses," Garn explained. The Utah Repbulican said he would support alternate pro -posals, suchasallowingDis-trict suchasallowingDis-trict residents to vote in the state of Maryland. "To treat a city like a state is in direct violation of the Constitution," Garn. pointed out. "Never before since the Constitution was ratified in 1789 has a land or territory gained voting vot-ing rights without first becoming be-coming a state. To make such an exception for the District sets a very dangerous danger-ous precedent." The Constitution clearly mandates that the Senate consist of two Senators from each State, Garn emphasized and no other entity could gain equal representation. "The amendment would destroy this constitutional requirement require-ment by giving a city the same representation as a state," he said. |