Eleanor Holmes Norton: “With all of the concern about police abuse that we see, particularly among young people, I do want to be clear that…”

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

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.

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.

Lifetime identity protection is the only solution that will give the workers whose data was compromised the peace of mind they deserve.