Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I'd like to just get on the record whether this bill I am sponsoring would help in any way any of your employees.”

Our local police force should not be subject to federalization, an action that wouldn't be possible for any other police department in the country.

With this bill, House Republicans have intentionally committed nothing short of fiscal sabotage against D.C.

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

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.