However, territories and the District have far less representation in Congress than even the smallest state. The number of representatives each state gets in the House of Representatives is determined by population. But territories and the District, regardless of population, each get only one House delegate, and that delegate doesn’t have the same privileges as a state representative. Delegates can speak and vote in committees, and they can speak, introduce bills and resolutions and offer amendments and motions on the House floor, but they cannot vote on the House floor. Territories and the District are not represented at all in the Senate, where each state has two senators as mandated by the Constitution.