Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I speak of the flattery we give ourselves of democracy here and around the world. With the passage of this rule and of…”

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

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.

Because there is no limit on how long personal information can be exploited, Congress must protect these federal employees and contractors in perpetuity.

Lifetime identity protection is the only solution that will give the workers whose data was compromised the peace of mind they deserve.