Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The right was given us by God. I am here to say enough.”

D.C. has not been treated as a federal agency for funding purposes in more than 20 years precisely because doing so can force dramatic overnight cuts to essential services, including police, sanitation, and schools.

I have written to the Postal Service many times in recent years about issues in the District of Columbia, including mail being stolen, burned, or otherwise destroyed, lost, or not delivered.

This CR is an act of fiscal sabotage against the District of Columbia and an abuse of Congress' power over disenfranchised D.C. This CR will result in an immediate cut of more than $1 billion from D.C.'s $21 billion budget 6 months into…

Mr. Speaker, today, I introduce the Federal Employee Short-Term Disability Insurance Act of 2026, which would make short-term disability insurance available to federal employees.