Eleanor Holmes Norton: “This notion of partnering with small businesses is really important.”

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.

I have urged the administration to remove these troops immediately.

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.

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