Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I have a special interest in this hearing, because in October, the 7000 series Metro car on the Blue Line derailed.”

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.

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

I’m gonna run. I don’t know why anybody would even ask me.

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