Eleanor Holmes Norton: “If they are going to compete with the private sector, it seems to me they got to be out there with the private sector…”

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

This bill would establish a commonsense process to ensure that qualified nominees are not indefinitely delayed by Senate inaction.

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.

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.