Eleanor Holmes Norton: “So, over time, we do have such hearings as this, and people come up with notions--well, we have to have a passenger bill…”

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.

I’m gonna run. I don’t know why anybody would even ask me.

I have urged the administration to remove these troops immediately.

I believe this bill strikes the middle ground, while showing Congress' support for LGBTQ+ individuals.