Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Do we currently have a system that would make the optimum national exchange or should we make it better?”

I believe this bill strikes the middle ground, while showing Congress' support for LGBTQ+ individuals.

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.

Making it permanent would add another $4 trillion, with a 'T, to the deficit, leading us on the path to more debt.

I urge Members to vote ``no.'' Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Goldman).