Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I recognize the position, particularly that the Corps is put in, in dealing with their own munitions very deeply buried.”

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.

Our local police force should not be subject to federalization, an action that wouldn't be possible for any other police department in the country.

D.C. has not been treated as a federal agency for funding purposes in more than 20 years precisely because doing so can force dramatic overnight cuts to essential services, including police, sanitation, and schools.