Eleanor Holmes Norton

I thank my good friend from California for yielding. Madam Speaker, Americans famously complain about taxes. Who can then blame residents of the District of Columbia, where 40 percent claim the SALT deduction, among the largest number of…

My words are my only remedy today, in spite of the upcoming D.C. statehood vote we expect to be successful. The people of the District of Columbia have no vote on impeachment or on any other matter on this floor now. I spoke on this floor…

When the matter of impeaching President Trump comes to the House floor tomorrow, the House will vote on its most solemn matter, except for matters of war and peace. Yet, more than 700,000 Americans who reside in our Nation's Capital cannot…

I appreciate the remarks of my friend from the other side. You can see that this is a bipartisan bill, and no wonder. When my friend was in the majority, a similar bill was supported banning smoking. This is as quintessentially a…

Today, I rise to ask that the House pass my bill, the Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019. I thank my friends, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Peter DeFazio and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee…

I think this subcommittee sees that something that should be done.

Passage of my bill would allow students and researchers in the Nation's Capitol to take part in this important forestry program.

the District is treated as a state for Federal programs with very, very few exceptions, most of them simply oversights or failures to update.

the District, whose residents pay the highest per capita Federal taxes in the United States, support farm and other programs, continue to be excluded.

Excluding the District from the definition of state merely because it is not located in an area with a timber industry runs counter to the clear intent of the Act.

If we--if this subcommittee doesn't do more than simply expose the problem but doesn't come forward with some remedies, then I am not sure what we are here for.

I appreciate your allowing me to testify today, and I look forward to working with you to enact this bill.

This is a very important hearing. I appreciate this hearing today.

I thank my good friend for yielding, and I want to assure the ranking member that the program I am discussing does not already exist, but it should. I rise today to express my strong support for the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities…

I begin to see that the committee has a due process challenge and that goes to structural issues beyond the individual who may be involved.

I congratulate you on assuming the chair and on the achievement of your Federal paid family leave act.

I am committed to looking at a range of solutions under the purview of this committee to move trucking towards zero emissions.

I cannot state enough our support for getting USMCA done as soon as possible.

Facilitating commerce and goods movement is a fundamental role the Federal Government is supposed to do.

Facilitating commerce and goods movements is a fundamental role of the Federal Government, and one of the essential responsibilities of this Committee.

We strongly believe that the best approach toward achieving lower carbon emissions, is to avoid prescriptive regulations, and focus on performance standards that would provide maximum flexibility to innovate.

The condition of the U.S. freight transportation system is vital to American competitiveness, and especially the retail industry.

Without appropriate planning for last-mile infrastructure, we run the risk of not only congestion, but total gridlock in urban areas.

Thank you very much. You will note the interest in this committee in multimodal investments, multimodal approaches.

I am writing on behalf of the National Retail Federation to provide our views for the record of your December 5, 2019 hearing entitled 'Where's My Stuff? Examining the Economic, Environmental, and Societal Impacts of Freight…