Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The gentlewoman from the District of Columbia, Ms. Norton, is authorized to sit on the dias for the purpose of…”

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.

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 have urged the administration to remove these troops immediately.

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