Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The District of Columbia is not a colony, it is part of the United States, and its people are entitled to be treated…”

I will use every tool at my disposal to stop these riders from becoming law, and I commit to reminding my fellow lawmakers across the aisle that D.C. residents deserve the same consideration as their own constituents at every opportunity.

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

Lifetime identity protection is the only solution that will give the workers whose data was compromised the peace of mind they deserve.

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.