Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced victories for D.C. included in the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources and Development Act of 2024, which President Biden signed into law over the weekend.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the four-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and called for Congress to give the District of Columbia mayor control over the D.C. National Guard.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act, which would revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and direct the Government Accountability Office to update its 2016 report on independent real estate leasing authority. The House passed the bill in 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reintroduced her District of Columbia Legislative Home Rule Act, which would eliminate the congressional review period for bills passed by the D.C. Council, enabling local D.C. bills to take effect immediately. Currently, there is a required congressional review period for bills passed by the D.C. Council of either 30 or 60 legislative days, depending on the type of bill. If a resolution disapproving a D.C. bill is signed into law during the review period, that D.C. bill does not become law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent her condolences to the family and loved ones of former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away yesterday at the age of 100. President Carter nominated Norton as the first woman to head the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1977. She was confirmed and served as head of the Commission, where she enforced Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, barring job discrimination, until 1981.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated the early morning Senate passage of her bill with Rep. James Comer (R-KY) to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the RFK Stadium campus from the federal government to D.C. for up to 99 years. The bill is now headed to the president's desk to be signed into law.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) that excluded her bill with Chairman James Comer (R-KY) to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the RFK Stadium campus from the federal government to D.C. for up to 99 years, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was disappointed but remained committed to getting D.C. control of the land so it could be put to productive use. A previous version of the CR unveiled earlier this week included the RFK Stadium bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the possibility of a federal government shutdown tomorrow night if a continuing resolution isn’t passed, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reminded District of Columbia residents that a provision she got included in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 District of Columbia Appropriations bill exempts the D.C. government from a federal government shutdown in FY 2025. Norton has gotten a provision exempting the D.C. government from federal government shutdowns each year since FY 2015.