Eleanor Holmes Norton: “But this is unpopular with the citizens in both the District and Maryland.”

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.

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.

However, in 2020, soon after Mr. DeJoy became Postal General, the Postal Service declared that 'postal police officers should no longer be assigned to investigate or prevent mail theft or protection of letter carriers,' end quote, except…

I have introduced the Ensure Full Participation in the Census Act, H.R. 7911, to prohibit the Census Bureau from asking questions on the Decennial Census about citizenship, nationality, or immigration status.