Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The taxpayers may indeed need compensation, as they have gotten in every other country that has privatized.”

I have one response to people with doubts about my ability to serve: Watch me.

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.

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

I urge the FAA to do more to combat aviation noise and to engage more with affected communities on this matter.