U.S. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) in 2009. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In her 25 years in Congress, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, despite not being a voting member of Congress, she’s only worked eight of those with a Democrat-controlled House. That, she says, makes her “not fearful” of the soon-to-be Republican controlled 114th Congress.

In fact, Norton says in a release that “she has seen worse.”

With the incoming 114th Congress, many are worried about how Congress will step into D.C. affairs, messing with our gun and marijuana laws, as they already have in 2014, but one of the people not worried is Norton. “She is prepared for more attempts to undermine D.C. home rule, by bills and appropriations riders,” a release states. But, as her record working with both House Republicans and Democrats has shown, she knows that “by refusing to prejudge how Members will respond to D.C. matters, she has found allied who have helped her pass D.C. bills and on other D.C. matters.” Still, D.C.’s pot and gun laws have, uh, stirred quite a commotion on the Hill, especially from certain House Republicans.

In the 113th Congress, three of her 67 authored bills were enacted into law, which is surprisingly high for a Congress member. Additionally, Norton says that achievements like exempting D.C. from the government shutdown, defeating anti-Home Rule riders on gun laws and marijuana decriminalization, and continuing to fuel the statehood movement are signs that she’ll continue to persevere during the 114th Congress.

Of course, things aren’t looking to good for perhaps the biggest immediate threat to Home Rule, D.C.’s voter-passed marijuana legalization law, which has already been tabled via a rider in an omnibus spending bill by Congress.

Still, Norton says that “the way for D.C. to begin the 114th Congress is to assume the best and be prepared to fight for the worst. There is nothing fear now,” the release says. That is, of course, fear itself.