Press Releases
December 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) prepares to speak on the impeachment of President Trump tomorrow, she spoke on the House floor today on why the impeachment vote provides yet another reason to pass her D.C. statehood bill, which should – and she believes will – pass the House next year.
December 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated national wins in the final fiscal year 2020 spending bills, which passed in the House today.
December 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton has achieved her funding priorities in the final fiscal year 2020 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, released today. The bill contains her top priority for the fifth year in a row, $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG).
December 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her 2019 Year-End Newsletter today.
December 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her public weekend schedule today, which includes a holiday party celebration for children of incarcerated parents, the D.C. Statehood Champions Holiday Celebration, and the birthday celebration of Carter G. Woodson, hosted by the Association for the Study of African American Life and Heritage in partnership with the National Park Service and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
December 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that her Banning Smoking on Amtrak Act of 2019 (H.R. 2726), which would codify Amtrak’s internal policy prohibiting smoking, including of electronic cigarettes, on trains will be considered on the House floor on Monday.
December 11, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the Newseum’s final program of the 2019 season this evening at 7:00 p.m.
December 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the house floor today at 3:15 p.m. on her bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state, which would make D.C. eligible for federal coastal zone management funding.
December 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Chair of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, announced today that the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report would prohibit federal funds from being used by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) to purchase railcars and buses from state-owned corporations.
December 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state, which would make D.C. eligible for federal coastal zone management funding, passed the House today.