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February 5, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today introduced the Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act, or the RECOVER Act, to provide free lifetime identity protection coverage to current, former and prospective federal employees and contractors whose personal information was compromised by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breaches in 2015. Following the data breaches, Congress approved a version of this bill as part of an appropriations bill. However, Congress has only required OPM to provide identity protection coverage to affected individuals through fiscal year 2026. The Norton-Ruppersberger bill would require OPM to provide the coverage for the remainder of the life of the affected individuals.

February 5, 2024
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, introduced a bill today to establish a grant program for the design and construction of barriers to mitigate rail activity that may harm homes and their occupants, including derailments, noise and vibrations.

January 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act to provide federal funds for states to establish and expand prekindergarten programs in public and public charter schools for every child, regardless of income. The bill would afford the benefits of early childhood education to all families, many of whom are currently not able to access it due to cost.

January 29, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to allow individuals who are 70 and older to opt out of jury duty in the D.C. Superior Court.

January 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act today to permit the use of marijuana in federally assisted housing, including public housing and Section 8 housing, in compliance with the marijuana laws of the state (including the District of Columbia) where the property is located. Under current federal law, users of drugs that are illegal under federal law, including marijuana, are prohibited from being admitted into federally assisted housing. Federal law also allows landlords to evict residents of federally assisted housing for illegal drug use. Adult-use marijuana, medical marijuana or both are currently legal in D.C., New Jersey and 37 other states, and over 90 percent of Americans support legalized medical marijuana.

January 24, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for cosponsoring Norton’s D.C. statehood bill and for Pelosi’s history of championing D.C. home rule. “Speaker Pelosi is perhaps the most important and effective member of the House in history,” Norton said. “No Speaker or Minority Leader has ever fought harder to give D.C. residents voting representation in Congress, full home rule, or to ensure D.C. is treated like a state in all respects, and by cosponsoring my D.C. statehood bill, she’s demonstrating her continued support for D.C. residents’ right to self-governance. As she has said publicly many times, these issues are in her blood, given her father’s work in Congress, and she has fought both publicly and behind the scenes on behalf of D.C. residents.”

January 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) reintroduced their Flood Prevention Act, which would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state, making D.C. eligible for federal coastal zone management funding and giving it oversight authority over federally issued permits, facilities, and actions that affect the coastal waters of the District.

January 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she has joined the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services of the Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR). Norton, the second most-senior Democrat on the Committee, now sits on three Oversight subcommittees: Government Operations and the Federal Workforce; Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs; and Health Care and Financial Services.

January 17, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution calling on Congress to condemn voter suppression laws enacted by the states.

January 16, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After D.C. received a rare snowfall which accumulated enough to close schools and federal government offices, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today reminding D.C. residents that her annual provision in the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill allows sledding on Capitol Hill. Capitol Police confirmed this morning that the Capitol grounds are open to sledders of all ages.