Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Assessing the Transportation Needs of Tribes, Federal Land Management Agencies, and U.S. Territories,” on Thursday, February 6th at 10:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) for filing an amendment at the House Rules Committee attacking the District of Columbia's local labor laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation with Advisory Neighborhood Commission 8C on Wednesday, February 5th, at 6:45 p.m. at the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center at St. Elizabeths.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke today at the grand opening of Capital City Care’s medical marijuana dispensary on U Street.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is reminding the District of Columbia’s Black community that tomorrow is the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) National Black Leadership Summit.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will honor legendary singer Marian Anderson tonight at the National Portrait Gallery at 6:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) announced today at a press conference that Norton’s bill to make D.C. the 51st state, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51), will be voted on in the Committee at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 11.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she looks forward to this Thursday’s community meeting at 6:00 p.m. with the National Park Service (NPS) at the Cleveland Park Library.