S H I A P H O T O G R A P H Y: September 2014

The Shia Photo Report on the DC Statehood Hearing in the US Senate

DC Councilman Kenyon McDuffie smiles that politician’s smile when a picture of him is taken, while DC Council Member Muriel Bowser looks around the hearing room at the Senate hearing on DC Statehood in front of the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Operations. /c /ShiaPhoto

Sedrick Muhammad has the ear of Mayor Gray before the start of the hearing on DC Statehood in the US Senate. /c / ShiaPhoto

DC Mayor Vincent Gray and DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson share smiles when they put on their DC Statehood buttons before the hearing on DC Statehood in front of the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Operations. /c / ShiaPhotos

DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and DC Mayor Vincent Gray share a moment or two before the hearing on DC Statehood in front of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Operations. /c / ShiaPhotos

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has her own moment before the committee when she mentioned her great grandfather Holmes had been a slave. She was indeed eloquent in her delivery. /c/Shia Photos

Arrington Dixon, former DC Council Chair gets younger looking every year. Too bad you can't see his pony tail. /c / ShiaPhoto

Committee Chairman Senator Carper greets DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

Council Chairman Phil Mendelson testifies in the US Senate about DC Statehood. /c / ShiaPhoto

That bobbing head in the in the background is David Catania, Mayoral Hopeful, in the senate hearing room on September 15th. /c / ShiaPhoto

DC resident and economist extraordinaire Alice Rivlin and Council member Kenyan McDuffie sit in the hearing room of the Senate Homeleand Security and Government Operations before a hearing on DC Statehood September 15th. / c / Shia Photo

Christopher Palma, 12 in the 8th grade at Cesar Chavez Prep poses with DC Shadow Senator Michael Brown before the hearing on DC Statehood. /c/ Shia Photo