Eleanor Holmes Norton: “D.C. residents, a majority of whom are Black and Brown, are capable and worthy of governing themselves.”

I urge the FAA to do more to combat aviation noise and to engage more with affected communities on this matter.

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.

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.

I always love to make sure DC is treated the same as states.