Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Just a moment, Ms. Johnson. Are you criticizing----”

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.

FEMA has provided more than $1.6 billion in assistance to more than 910,000 households.

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.

Throughout my career in Congress I’ve passionately defended home rule and DC’s right to govern itself.