{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-introduces-legislation-repeal-government-accountability-offices-0", "Norton Introduces Legislation to Repeal Government Accountability Office\u2019s Authority Over D.C.", "2025-10-14", "2025", "2025-10", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to repeal the authority of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the District of Columbia. GAO, a federal agency that conducts investigations and audits for Congress, has the same authority over D.C. that it has over federal agencies. GAO's authorizing statute defines D.C. as a federal agency. In addition, GAO's authorizing statute and the D.C. Home Rule Act require GAO to engage in specific types of oversight of D.C.\n\n\"D.C. is not a federal agency, and it should never be treated as such,\" Norton said. \"The District already has a locally appointed auditor and inspector general, so GAO's authority over D.C. is both redundant and offensive. GAO does not have general authority over states and cities, and it shouldn\u2019t have authority over D.C.\"\n\nNorton\u2019s introductory statement follows.\n\nStatement of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton\n\non the Introduction of the\n\nGovernment Accountability Office District of Columbia Home Rule Act\n\nOctober 14, 2025\n\nToday, I introduce the Government Accountability Office District of Columbia Home Rule Act. This bill would repeal the authority of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the District of Columbia.\n\nGAO, a federal agency that conducts investigations and audits for Congress, has the same authority over D.C. that it has over federal agencies. GAO\u2019s authorizing statute defines D.C. as a federal agency. In addition, GAO\u2019s authorizing statute and the D.C. Home Rule Act require GAO to engage in specific types of oversight of D.C.\n\nD.C. is not a federal agency, and it should never be treated as such. D.C. already has a locally appointed auditor and inspector general, so GAO\u2019s authority over D.C. is both redundant and offensive. GAO does not have general authority over states and cities, and therefore it should not have such authority over D.C.\n\nThis bill is an important step to increase home rule for D.C. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "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-introduces-legislation-repeal-government-accountability-offices-0"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7813358679413795, "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"}