Eleanor Holmes Norton: “This is what real oversight is about.”

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.

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 have urged the administration to remove these troops immediately.

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