Norton Announces Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee Assignments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the organizational meeting for the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) for the 118th Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she was selected as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and will serve on three additional subcommittees: the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management; the Subcommittee on Aviation; and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment.
"Transportation and infrastructure issues are among the most bipartisan in the House and Senate, and I hope the spirit of bipartisanship on T&I continues in the 118th Congress," Norton said. "I look forward to focusing particularly on rising issues, among them, reducing congestion, addressing climate change, and encouraging innovation, while continuing to prioritize investment in infrastructure for D.C., the national capital region and the country as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.”
Norton's work on the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, which she chaired during two previous Congresses, has developed and transformed entire neighborhoods in the District, including NoMa and the Southeast and Southwest Waterfronts, generating millions of dollars in revenue for the federal and District governments. Norton's work on that subcommittee is particularly important because of the large number of federal properties and land in the District, as well as federal agencies housed in leased space in privately owned buildings, which, along with their employees, bring revenue to the District. Norton will use her role on the Aviation Subcommittee to continue her efforts to combat airplane and helicopter noise, which has dramatically increased in neighborhoods across the District.
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