Norton to Appear on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to Discuss Addressing Sexual Harassment on Capitol Hill and Beyond, Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will discuss the issue of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill and in workplaces across the nation on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" tomorrow, Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at 8:00 a.m. As EEOC chair, Norton issued the first federal guidelines holding sexual harassment to be a violation of equal employment laws, which Norton administered, and the U.S. Supreme Court later upheld those guidelines.

Norton today sent a letter with 58 female Members of Congress to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) urging the committee to investigate numerous sexual misconduct allegations against President Trump. Norton introduced a bill to subject Congress and its agencies to the same comprehensive civil rights laws and federal health and safety standards that currently apply to executive branch and private sector employers.