Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I have a bill that would allow some backpay for workers who work in--who are contract workers in retail, food, custodial…”

D.C. has not been treated as a federal agency for funding purposes in more than 20 years precisely because doing so can force dramatic overnight cuts to essential services, including police, sanitation, and schools.

Dear Chairman Crawford, Ranking Member Holmes Norton and Members of the U.S.

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