Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I know we don't have a public transit witness. I don't want anybody to think that we think that alternative is outmoded.”

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.

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

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