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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 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.

Even the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provided a mixed bag for truckers.

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