Eleanor Holmes Norton: “May I also say how much we respect the way you have respected home rule and self government.”

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 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.

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.