Eleanor Holmes Norton: “This oversight hearing where you see me asking lots of questions really has more to do with educating me.”

I will use every tool at my disposal to stop these riders from becoming law, and I commit to reminding my fellow lawmakers across the aisle that D.C. residents deserve the same consideration as their own constituents at every opportunity.

H.R. 8505, the Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act, restores the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's authority to issue civil penalties against bad actors and enhances registration criteria.

Ranking Member Holmes Norton and Representative Ezell have championed bipartisan legislation to fight freight fraud, which is destroying small trucking businesses every day.

With this bill, House Republicans have intentionally committed nothing short of fiscal sabotage against D.C.