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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September 23, 2025, as "Mary Church Terrell Day," recognizing Mary Church Terrell's lasting contributions to the civil rights and women's rights movements. Terrell moved to the District of Columbia in 1887 to become a teacher at M Street Colored High School, now known as Dunbar High School, which is Norton's alma mater.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As students return to campus for the fall semester, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her annual resolution to designate September as “National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month.”
Norton Introduces Resolution Designating September as ‘Peace Month,’ Inspired by D.C. Second Graders
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, ahead of International Day of Peace on September 21, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September 2025 as national “Peace Month” and calling on Congress to take action to promote peace, at home and abroad. The idea for the resolution came from the Helpful Potato Bugs, a class of second-grade students at Horace Mann Elementary School in the District of Columbia. Seven years ago, the students sent Norton a handwritten note, adorned with peace signs, expressing their desire to “help make the world a peaceful place” and for “all Americans to be nice, have no conflicts, and be very peaceful.” Norton has introduced an annual resolution supporting the designation of September as Peace Month since then.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks, as prepared for delivery, in advance of today’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson, and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb will testify. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. and can be viewed on the Oversight Committee’s website.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House passed the second set of two anti-D.C. home rule bills it voted on this week to change D.C. laws today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) vowed to fight their advancement in the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House passed two anti-D.C. home rule bills to change D.C.’s criminal laws today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the cycle of disingenuous partisanship, in which Republicans in Congress claim to be concerned about D.C. while decreasing D.C.’s ability to make its own decisions, must end. The first bill, the D.C. CRIMES Act, was introduced by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and would amend D.C.’s Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act, changing the age at which a court is allowed discretion to impose alternative sentences on a person, other than for certain offenses, and to seal the individual’s records, from 24 to 18. The second bill, introduced by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), would lower the age minors can be tried as adults in D.C. to 14 years old.