Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Traffic safety reforms are desperately needed in my state and district. We can and must do better.”

I have written to the Postal Service many times in recent years about issues in the District of Columbia, including mail being stolen, burned, or otherwise destroyed, lost, or not delivered.

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

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