Eleanor Holmes Norton: “My colleagues in the Majority continue to insist that the Department of Energy is trying to either outright ban or…”

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.

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.

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.