Podt participated in the March 2021 general election as D66's 26th candidate. She received 3,919 preference votes and was not elected, as her party won 24 seats. Following the resignation of D66 member of parliament Steven van Weyenberg, Podt was sworn into the House of Representatives on 7 September 2021. Van Weyenberg had stepped down due to his new cabinet position. Podt left the Utrecht municipal council and serves in the House as D66's spokesperson for refugees, migration, the Participation Act, migrant workers, labor conditions, integration, sex work, and human trafficking. She is on the Committees for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (vice chair); for Education, Culture and Science; for Finance; for Justice and Security; and for Social Affairs and Employment. In the House, Podt advocated allowing migrant workers into the Netherlands to mitigate personnel shortages.
