Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Would you say what some of the factors are in releasing detainees?”

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.

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

I have urged the administration to remove these troops immediately.