Eleanor Holmes Norton

I urge passage of H.R. 5865, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

They criminalize organizing. They criminalize peaceful protests.

I urge my colleagues to support the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House suspend…

I urge passage of H.R. 5650, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) that the House suspend the rules and pass…

I have introduced a bill to combat mail theft, which would clarify the authority of the U.S. Postal Police Officers to protect the mail.

In my district, the District of Columbia, like other jurisdictions, we have seen an increase in mail theft and widespread delayed and undelivered mail.

The public's confidence in the Postal Service, a critical institution, has been shaken.

As D.C.'s Member of Congress, I am deeply familiar with the immeasurable value of having an equal seat at the decisionmaking table.

Data from the private sector shows that CIOs perform better and can have greater impact when they are included in key conversations among senior leadership.

It is clear that there is a common denominator to mass shootings that occur over and over in America and that is the use of assault weapons.

Knowing this, it is incomprehensible that the AR-15 style rifles are so easy to purchase.

I do support this authority.

I will be encouraging my transportation authority to require local hiring preferences.

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E, insert the following: TITLE LIX--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL GUARD HOME…

The gentleman fails to understand that the deployment of the D.C. National Guard would have to take place no matter who controls the National Guard, whether the President or the mayor. If the mayor controls the National Guard, she would…

Nothing more than what we saw on January 6 educates us to why it is important for the mayor of the District of Columbia to have control of the National Guard. That period during which the National Guard was held up because the mayor had no…

I remind the gentleman that this House has twice passed the D.C. statehood bill, and that the bill that I have put before you will give the President the same authority to federalize the D.C. National Guard that the President has to…

Without the protections of statehood, the people who I represent, D.C. residents, are uniquely threatened by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

Republicans have long expressed an interest in overturning the will of D.C. residents to ban access to abortion in D.C.

Helicopter noise is a major concern, not only in my jurisdiction, but in the national capital region.

I am extremely disappointed that the Biden administration's two budgets have proposed maintaining the right that prohibits the District of Columbia from spending its local funds on commercializing recreational marijuana.

So the NFL was monitoring the so-called independent investigation, yet it allowed Mr. Snyder to oversee the investigation.

Well said, sir. I completely agree with that.

Your country needs you to oversee changes that make our roadways safer--to invest in and promote the deployment of existing technologies that can save lives. One more death is too many.

Improved safety on America's roadways is a critically important goal.