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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to award a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal to the first 13 African American officers in the United States Navy, known as the “Golden 13.” In 1944, 16 African American men completed training courses to become officers and passed their exams. Only 12 were commissioned as officers and a 13th was made a chief warrant officer, with no reason given by the Navy for why the remaining three did not receive the commissions they had earned.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the federal tax filing deadline today is a reminder that the District of Columbia pays more federal taxes per capita than any state and more federal taxes overall than 19 states, while being denied the same voting representation in Congress or full local self-govern
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her resolution commemorating D.C. Emancipation Day. D.C. Emancipation Day is an official holiday in D.C. honoring the date in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln freed 3,100 enslaved individuals in the District, nine months ahead of the Emancipation Proclamation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the anniversary of the start of the Civil War — April 12, 1861 — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, by redesignating them as a national historic park.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Senate Committee on Homeland Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today that would prohibit questions on citizenship, nationality, and immigration status on the decennial census.