Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I very much appreciate this hearing, because there has been so much talk about the President's infrastructure plan.”

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.

H.R. 8505 would provide FMCSA with better tools to root out unscrupulous actors, which are also harmful to consumers and highway safety.

Ranking Member Holmes Norton and Representative Ezell have championed bipartisan legislation to fight freight fraud, which is destroying small trucking businesses every day.

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.