Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The Constitution framers were certainly concerned about foreign powers using bribes and payments to undermine the…”

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

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 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.

D.C. has not been treated as a federal agency for funding purposes in more than 20 years precisely because doing so can force dramatic overnight cuts to essential services, including police, sanitation, and schools.