Eleanor Holmes Norton: “the District is treated as a state for Federal programs with very, very few exceptions, most of them simply oversights…”

This process is key to our democracy. It provides avenues for every citizen, lawmaker, and stakeholder to provide input into the rulemaking process.

I have introduced the Ensure Full Participation in the Census Act, H.R. 7911, to prohibit the Census Bureau from asking questions on the Decennial Census about citizenship, nationality, or immigration status.

I would like to thank subcommittee Chair Rick Crawford for holding this hearing on transportation regulations.

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.