Press Releases
March 3, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced a bill that would add the District of Columbia to the national empowerment zone program to provide federal tax incentives for businesses to locate and invest in low-income areas in the District.
February 27, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the District of Columbia will score a new, historic breakthrough this year when D.C. will have two statues on display in the U.S. Capitol.
February 27, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) urged D.C. residents to visit her website to receive help with filing their taxes. Click here for resources.
February 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a Brookfield Properties groundbreaking for a 300,000 square-foot headquarters for Chemonics International at The Yards in Southeast D.C. tomorrow, February 27th, at 11:00 a.m.
February 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), co-chairs of the Quiet Skies Caucus, and Caucus Vice-Chairs Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) released a statement today on the inadequate response they received from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen Dickson on their concerns on airplane noise.
February 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with the River Terrace Civic Association tonight, February 26th, at 6:30 p.m.
February 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with the Bernice Fonteneau Senior Wellness Center tomorrow, February 20th, at 10:00 a.m.
February 20, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) can be seen on this week’s airing of the national PBS series “To The Contrary,” locally here on Friday at 5:30 p.m. on WETA; Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on WHUT; and Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on WETA.
February 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will launch a new Nonprofit Resources Program for District of Columbia nonprofits at an information session tomorrow, February 19th, at 11:30 a.m. at One Judiciary Square.
February 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today 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 their employees.