Press Releases
February 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center today, February 18th, at 1:00 p.m.
February 14, 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 13, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the National Children’s Museum Act today, which would require the General Services Administration (GSA) to enter into a cooperative agreement with the National Children’s Museum to allow the Museum to remain in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, a federally owned building, without charge.
February 13, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2020 this week, which would require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make publicly available the forms organizations that self-declare under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) file with the IRS.
February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to add the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the list of principals for whom the president can order the nation’s flag be flown at half-staff passed the House Judiciary Committee today.
February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on a D.C. statehood panel sponsored by the D.C. Bar Association this Thursday, February 13th, at 12:00 p.m, two days after her D.C. statehood bill was voted out of Committee.
February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will read to first graders at Eagle Academy Public Charter School this Thursday, February 13th, at 10:00 a.m.
February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) today for defeating an amendment that attacks the District of Columbia’s local labor laws.
February 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at Right Proper Brewery’s Trivia Night this Thursday, February 13th, at 7:00 p.m.
February 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 District of Columbia budget proposal, released yesterday, violates the District’s right to self-government, but that it has no chance of passing without significant changes.