Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) today introduced a bipartisan bill to equip the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with the necessary tools protect consumers from fraud perpetrated by scammers in the interstate transportation of household goods. The bill was written to address a growing type of fraud involving entities that charge an up-front fee, pack and hold consumers’ household goods, then demand more funds to deliver or release the items. The companies involved have launched websites with fake 5-star reviews, and when negative reviews are submitted, the scammers simply close down the existing companies and open new ones, repeating the original scheme under a new FMCSA license.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of today’s Rules Committee consideration of a bill by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) to prohibit D.C. residents who are not citizens from voting in local D.C. elections, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that D.C. residents are capable of governing their own local affairs without interference from members of Congress who weren’t elected by D.C. D.C.’s Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act, which allows noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections, was passed by the D.C. Council in 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After today’s Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing to receive testimony from the National Park Service on her bill with Rep. James Comer (R-KY) to authorize transfer administrative control of the RFK Stadium campus to D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked National Parks Subcommittee Chairman Angus King (I-ME) for holding the hearing, which represents the bill’s first step in the Senate towards a full vote in that chamber. The House passed the bill in February.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) highlighted the Biden Administration’s Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) opposing the D.C. CRIMES Act, which the House is considering today. The SAP stated that the bill was “a counterproductive and destructive invasion of the District’s right to self-governance and would impede public safety and crime reduction.” D.C.’s three top local elected officials, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and Attorney General Brian Schwalb, also oppose the bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on the House to vote down the D.C. CRIMES Act when it is considered on the House floor tomorrow. The bill would remove D.C.’s authority to increase or decrease criminal penalties for violations of its own local laws and could be construed to prevent D.C. from establishing any new crimes in the future. Passage and enactment would be the most substantial rollback of D.C.’s authority to govern itself in 30 years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of tomorrow’s anti-D.C. home rule Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR) hearing, titled “Oversight of D.C.’s Response to Unlawful Activity and Antisemitism,” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the current Republican preoccupation with grandstanding to score political points at D.C.’s expense must end. Tomorrow’s hearing will be the eighth anti-DC hearing – the fifth in COR – held by House Republicans this Congress, none of whom were elected to represent D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to prohibit the Secretary of the Army from finalizing or implementing any rule that would restrict public access to the Washington Channel in the District of Columbia. A proposed rule that would have established a permanent restricted area in the Channel adjacent to Fort McNair, specifically impacting recreation and commerce in the Wharf and Navy Yard neighborhoods, was withdrawn in 2022 after community members expressed overwhelming opposition.