Reposted byCongresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
📌 DC laws should be written by people who know how DC works.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratDistrict of Columbia at-large
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Today, ahead of International Day of Peace, I introduced a resolution designating September as National Peace Month.
The resolution was inspired by 2nd graders from Horace Mann Elementary School in NW DC.
Republicans can never undo the last seven months DC spent implementing the draconian cut.
Republicans keep saying that their FY 2026 CR fixes the $1.1b cut they made to DC’s local budget in the March CR. They’re misleading the public.
The Senate passed a bill to restore that funding in March. It’s been sitting on the Speaker’s desk since then.
Today's Oversight hearing shouldn't be scheduled. 700K+ DC residents should already have the protections of statehood.
But since Republicans are determined to use our time to question and disparage DC's laws, I used today's hearing as a platform to argue for #DCStatehood.
These offensive anti-home rule bills were introduced and passed by members of Congress who do not represent DC, who are not accountable to DC residents, and who have no mandate to substitute their own policy judgments for laws that were democratically enacted by the District.
The sponsor of the bill to eliminate DC's role in selecting our own judges doesn't understand how the DC courts work.
DC courts do, in fact, deal with all local matters, including traffic tickets.
DC laws should be written by people who know how DC works.
DC residents have all the obligations of American citizenship, pay federal taxes, serve on juries and register with the Selective Service, yet Congress denies them full local self-government and voting representation in Congress.
The remedy is #DCStatehood.
DC permits vehicular pursuits with limitations.
Unlike DC, 2% of local police departments prohibit vehicular pursuits altogether.
Rep. Clay Higgins, who's from Louisiana, thinks he knows better than DC how to strike the proper balance in DC.
The substance of this bill is irrelevant, since there is never justification for Congress to legislate on local DC matters. Nevertheless, I'll address it.
Vehicular pursuits are inherently dangerous for participants and bystanders, and police often have other options.
Since Republicans don't trust DC residents with self-government, they should at least address the longstanding vacancy crisis in the local DC courts, which is harming public safety and access to justice.
DC's judicial vacancy crisis isn't due to a failure of the JNC, which meets its deadlines.
It exists because the president, and to a larger extend the Senate, don't prioritize local DC judges, regardless of party.
One seat on DC's highest court has been vacant since 2013.
The JNC provides DC 3 limited roles in the nomination of its local judges.
1) Members of the JNC must be DC residents.
2) DC appoints three of the seven members of the JNC.
3) The JNC's public commend period on applicants allows DC residents to weigh in.
The president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a chamber in which DC has no representation, appoints judges to the local DC courts from a list of candidates recommended by the DC Judicial Nomination Commission.
I strongly oppose this bill, which eliminates the District of Columbia’s already small role in the selection of its local judges.
The president appoints and Senate confirms local DC judges, selected from a list approved by the DC Judicial Nominating Commission.
Lacking senators, the JNC is DC's only role in the selection of its own judges.
Today Republicans will vote to strip DC of even this small role.
A piece of good news for DC: The text of the CR released yesterday would allow DC to spend its own local funds at its own enacted levels.
The last CR didn't, which resulted in a $1 billion cut to DC's local budget halfway through the fiscal year.
DC residents have all the obligations of citizenship, including paying federal taxes, serving on juries and registering with the Selective Service, yet Congress denies them full self-government and voting representation in Congress.
The only solution is #DCStatehood.
This bill is not only cruel, it is counterproductive.
Most incarcerated people return home. The evidence shows that a minor charged as an adult is more likely to reoffend and be violent after release than a minor charged as a juvenile.
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51 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | H.R. 1048 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.
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