Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I can't hold you responsible. I do want your commitment that on your watch you will never simply supercede language from…”

This bill would establish a commonsense process to ensure that qualified nominees are not indefinitely delayed by Senate inaction.

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

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.

I urge Members to vote ``no.'' Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Goldman).