Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I believe that the time is really not the issue now. It's really the circumstances of the hearing, what's going on, what…”

Lifetime identity protection is the only solution that will give the workers whose data was compromised the peace of mind they deserve.

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.

Because there is no limit on how long personal information can be exploited, Congress must protect these federal employees and contractors in perpetuity.

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