Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-NY) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) celebrated Senate passage of the Words Matter for District of Columbia Courts Act, to remove the term “retarded” from Title 11 of the District of Columbia Code and replace it with more appropriate and respectful terminology. Under the D.C. Home Rule Act, only Congress can amend Title 11 of the D.C. Code. The bill was introduced in the House in November.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy after USPS took more than six weeks to respond to her constituent services office’s request for a meeting to address widespread mail delivery problems in Ward 5 in D.C. When the Postal Service did respond, it said no such meeting could be held due to a 45-day election blackout period. In her letter, Norton urged USPS to at least independently meet with Ward 5 residents no later than October 11, 2024.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September 23, 2024, 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. — Today, ahead of International Day of Peace on September 21, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September 2024 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. In 2018, 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 been introducing resolutions supporting the designation of September as Peace Month since then.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today introduced a bill to make the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation (USRC), a nonprofit responsible for managing and operating Union Station in D.C., eligible for funding under several federal transportation grant programs.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded today’s markup and passage of two of her bills by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I). One bill would make D.C. eligible for certain wastewater infrastructure grants under the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, and the second bill would equip the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with tools to protect consumers from fraud perpetrated by residential moving companies in the interstate transportation of household goods.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to provide the District of Columbia Courts and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia with the same authority that federal courts and federal agencies have to offer voluntary separation incentive payments, or buyouts, to its employees. Norton’s bill is part of her efforts to improve the operations of the parts of the local justice system in D.C. that are under federal control. 

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” and said that the return to in-person classes highlights the importance of ensuring students have safe campuses, both now and in the future.