Press Releases
February 10, 2020
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.
February 10, 2020
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.
February 7, 2020
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.
February 7, 2020
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.
February 7, 2020
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.
February 7, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced details for the House Oversight and Reform Committee mark up and vote on D.C. statehood this Tuesday, February 11, at 10:00 a.m. in Rayburn 2154. The Committee vote is the first congressional vote on D.C. statehood since Norton got the District's first statehood vote ever in 1993.
February 7, 2020
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.
February 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the National Black Nurses Association’s (NBNA) celebration of National Black Nurses Day this Thursday, February 6th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Washington Court Hotel.
February 5, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will meet with students at Catholic University of American this Thursday, February 6th, at 6:00 p.m.
February 4, 2020
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.