Eleanor Holmes Norton: “It looks like we have implicated taxpayer funds, that some may have come out of official funds and some out of cartel…”

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.

I have urged the administration to remove these troops immediately.

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

I believe this bill strikes the middle ground, while showing Congress' support for LGBTQ+ individuals.