Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Now this, no matter how you look at it, this $4 million, even if it wasn't this much as the $15 million is an excessive…”

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.

Our local police force should not be subject to federalization, an action that wouldn't be possible for any other police department in the country.

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

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.