Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this week had a long-anticipated meeting with recently-named Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, PhD, concerning D.C. inmates, who are housed in BOP prisons throughout the United States.

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her public events schedule for Thanksgiving week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of Thanksgiving, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and her staff served meals at Miriam’s Kitchen yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the Champions of Democracy Awards this Thursday, November 21st, at 7:00 p.m. honoring Representatives Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) for their work advocating for equality and statehood for the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today congratulated Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) on her historic election as the first woman to chair the House Oversight and Reform Committee following the death of Elijah Cummings last month.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Breastfeeding Mothers Jury Duty Exclusion Act of 2019, which would allow breastfeeding mothers summoned for jury duty in federal court or in the District of Columbia courts (which are controlled by the federal government) to be excused from service for the period that they are breastfeeding an infant.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a House resolution today condemning restrictive state voting laws across the country that unconstitutionally deny voting rights to people of color, the elderly, and low-income residents.