Eleanor Holmes Norton: “We don't need anybody making points back home, whether on the Democratic side or the Republican side if what we're…”

I am outraged at the number and scope of anti-D.C. home rule riders in the bill released today.

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.

I will use every tool at my disposal to stop these riders from becoming law, and I commit to reminding my fellow lawmakers across the aisle that D.C. residents deserve the same consideration as their own constituents at every opportunity.

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