The July 6, 2026 House Congressional Record was dominated by Extensions of Remarks and routine legislative filings rather than floor debate or votes. The most substantive policy entries came from Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who introduced two District of Columbia-related public lands measures: one to bar permanent fencing around Lafayette Square and another to designate the Civil War Defenses of Washington as a national historical park. Rep. James McGovern also submitted a lengthy article warning that China’s new Ethnic Unity and Progress Law could expand repression of Tibetans, Uyghurs, dissidents, and critics beyond China’s borders, raising concerns about transnational repression and religious freedom.