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March 28, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Senator Joseph Lieberman, who, at age 82, passed away yesterday. Norton said that Lieberman was a tireless champion of D.C. statehood.

March 26, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton said the final fiscal year (FY) 2024 District of Columba Appropriations bill, which President Biden signed into law last week, includes many victories for D.C. The bill provides $40 million for the D.C.

March 21, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today’s Committee on House Administration hearing purporting to be about crime in D.C., even though crime across almost all measures has declined significantly, demonstrates that the Republican fixation with meddling in local D.C. affairs is undemocratic, paternalistic, irresponsible and unreflective of reality.
March 19, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to clarify due process rights for federal employees serving in sensitive positions. Norton's bill would overturn an unprecedented federal court decision, Kaplan v. Conyers and MSPB, that stripped federal employees who do not work on classified matters of the right to independent review of an agency decision removing them from jobs on grounds of ineligibility, preventing at least 200,000 federal workers who are designated as "noncritical sensitive" from appealing. Norton says the Kaplan decision undercuts the Civil Service Act, which ensures due process rights for federal workers, as required by the U.S. Constitution.
March 13, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to permit commercial filmmaking and photography at the Capitol Complex beyond the area where it is currently permitted, Union Square, when both chambers of Congress are out of session. Norton’s bill would provide an economic and patriotic boost to the nation’s capital by allowing commercial filmmakers and photographers to showcase the Capitol in its fullest authenticity to the nation and the rest of the world. The expanded commercial filmmaking and photography would be subject to the same conditions and requirements that exist for commercial filmmaking and photography in Union Square. Norton said her bill addresses any security concerns by giving Capitol Police full discretion on when to issue permits. Norton’s bill is part of her effort to expand public access to public spaces, particularly around the Capitol.
March 13, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget, released this week, includes several significant victories for the District of Columbia, including, as Norton requested, $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), which a Norton bill created, and an increase in the DCTAG annual and lifetime grants. However, she said she was disappointed that the budget, like the president’s previous budgets, maintains the rider that prohibits D.C. from spending its local funds on recreational marijuana commercialization.