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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today introduced a bill to require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit recommendations to Congress on how to reduce train noise and vibrations near homes, as well as cost estimates for each recommendation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced an anti-home rule bill to rename a section of 18th Street NW in Dupont Circle as “Jimmy Lai Way,” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) pointed out that D.C. is not a blank slate for Congress to fill in as it pleases, contrary to the will of the 700,000 people who live in the District permanently. Smith’s bill would rename the portion of 18th Street Northwest between Church Street and P Street after Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong businessman, democracy advocate, and critic of the Chinese Communist Party currently imprisoned in Hong Kong.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said a disapproval resolution introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on D.C.’s Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024 would have no legal effect, even if enacted, because the congressional review period outlined in the Home Rule Act (HRA) has already expired.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after President Trump called for the House to immediately take up a standalone bill giving the District of Columbia the authority to spend its local funds for Fiscal Year 2025 at its locally-enacted levels.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her resolution to designate March 27, 2025 as “Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement tonight after President Trump signed an anti-D.C. home rule executive order (EO) establishing a task force to combat crime by surging law enforcement officers in public areas, increasing immigration enforcement, changing D.C. pre-trial detention policies, expediting concealed carry licenses, and working on fare enforcement on the Metro system. The EO also created a program to allegedly “beautify” D.C. by restoring federal buildings, monuments and roadways, removing graffiti, and ensuring cleanliness of public spaces and parks. Additionally, the EO directed the National Park Service to clear homeless encampments and graffiti on federal lands.