Eleanor Holmes Norton: “It is very disturbing to think that there would be people at the table who had no expertise deciding something.”

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.

I believe this bill strikes the middle ground, while showing Congress' support for LGBTQ+ individuals.

I’m gonna run. I don’t know why anybody would even ask me.

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