Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Mr. Chairman, that was really my basic point, to try to clarify what we are talking about here.”

D.C.'s local courts have faced chronic judicial vacancies for far too long, delaying justice for residents and placing an unnecessary strain on the administration of our local court system.

In my long career representing D.C. residents in Congress, I have rarely seen a bill as unreasonable and patronizing to the more than 700,000 people who live in the nation’s capital as this one.

This bill would establish a commonsense process to ensure that qualified nominees are not indefinitely delayed by Senate inaction.

Lifetime identity protection is the only solution that will give the workers whose data was compromised the peace of mind they deserve.