{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-condemns-three-anti-dc-bills-ahead-rules-committee-consideration", "Norton Condemns Three Anti-D.C. Bills Ahead of Rules Committee Consideration", "2025-06-09", "2025", "2025-06", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Ahead of today\u2019s Rules Committee consideration of three anti-D.C. home rule bills, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the bills\u2019 advancement is another example of paternalistic, undemocratic incursions by Congress on the democratically expressed will of more than 700,000 D.C. residents. The Committee will consider a bill introduced by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) to prohibit D.C. residents who are not citizens from voting in local D.C. elections, a bill introduced by Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) that would repeal parts of D.C.\u2019s 2022 local police accountability and transparency law, and a bill introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) to nullify locally-enacted D.C. laws, policies and practices regarding D.C. exchanging information about the citizenship and immigration status of individuals. Higgins\u2019 bill would require D.C. to comply with requests by the Department of Homeland Security regarding immigration detainers.\n\n\u201cRepublicans introduced 14 bills or amendments to prohibit noncitizens from voting in D.C. or to repeal, nullify or prohibit the carrying out of D.C.\u2019s law that permits noncitizens to vote last Congress,\u201d Norton said. \u201cDespite being fixated on the subject of D.C. elections, Republicans refuse to make the only election law change D.C. residents have asked Congress to make, which is the right to hold elections for voting members of the House and Senate by passing my D.C. statehood bill.\n\n\u201cIt is always wrong and never the right time for Congress to legislate on local D.C. matters, but I\u2019ll address Rep. Garbarino\u2019s bill to repeal parts of D.C.\u2019s police transparency law. This bill was introduced three days after House Republicans passed a continuing resolution that cut D.C.\u2019s local budget by one billion dollars. That was an act of fiscal sabotage, which did not save the federal government any money. It\u2019s been almost three months since the Senate passed the D.C. Local Funds Act to reverse the cut and over two months since President Trump called for an immediate House vote on it. The D.C. Local Funds Act is still just sitting in the House. Like President Trump and the National Fraternal Order of Police, I call on the House immediately to pass the D.C. Local Funds Act.\n\n\u201cLike states, cities and counties across the country, D.C. has passed laws to support and protect the safety of all its residents, regardless of immigration status. In passing those laws, D.C. followed its values, the evidence on the benefits of such laws for the entire city, and the democratic process to enact policy consistent with its goals. Congress has no business overturning D.C.\u2019s democratically enacted local laws and should keep its hands off D.C.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T01:08:28Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-condemns-three-anti-dc-bills-ahead-rules-committee-consideration"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.74438813701272, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}