Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her testimony before today’s National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission hearing on Norton’s bill, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act, which would commemorate the efforts of the 18 million American women who kept the home front running during World War II.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from the Wilson Building today, which call attention to the $6.5 billion that the District sends to the federal government.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), and House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) will hold a short press conference on Tuesday, February 11, at 9:30 a.m. in Rayburn 2247 before the House Oversight Committee markup and vote on Norton’s D.C. statehood bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) at a press conference today made D.C. veterans the first to be heard in advance of Tuesday’s House Oversight and Reform Committee mark up and vote on Norton’s D.C. statehood bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will speak at the Seafarers Yacht Club’s 75th Anniversary celebration this Saturday, February 8th, at 12:30 p.m., as part of the group’s celebration of Black History Month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and D.C. veterans will host a press conference in the Rayburn House Office Building Room 2247 today, Friday, February 7th, at 3:00 p.m. to discuss the unique ways D.C. statehood would impact veterans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) 2020 Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference this Sunday, February 9th, at 1:15 p.m.