Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Senate confirmed Norton’s recommendations who President Biden nominated, Sparkle L. Sooknanan and Amir H. Ali, to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The two are the last federal judicial nominees Norton recommended to President Biden.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) condemned a bill introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) which was marked up by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability (COA) today that would exempt certain organizations doing business in D.C. from registering with the District, the same requirement states regularly enforce. The bill appears to be politically motivated, introduced in response to a reported investigation by the D.C. Attorney General into a conservative legal activist for misusing charitable funds for the activist’s personal benefit. This is the eighth bill COA has marked up or brought directly to the floor to repeal or amend D.C. laws or regulations this Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced that the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources marked up and passed their bill to direct the federal government to transfer administrative jurisdiction over the RFK Stadium campus to D.C. for up to 99 years. If passed by the full Senate and signed into law by the president, the bill would allow D.C. to use the land for stadium redevelopment, commercial and residential development, or other public purposes. Norton has worked on prior versions of the bill aimed at revitalizing RFK Stadium campus, which at 174 acres is the largest unused track of land in the District, since 2017. This is the first time any version of the legislation has been considered by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette Peters urging immediate implementation of a D.C. law allowing for individuals in BOP custody for D.C. Code offenses to earn time credits for voluntary participation in recidivism reduction programming and good behavior.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Ahead of Veterans Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her annual resolution honoring D.C.’s veterans and current service members and their families, all who served their country and continue to serve without voting representation in Congress or complete home rule. The resolution condemns the denial of voting rights in Congress and full home rule for D.C. veterans and their families and calls for statehood for the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-NY) and Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) celebrated Senate passage of the Words Matter for District of Columbia Courts Act, to remove the term “retarded” from Title 11 of the District of Columbia Code and replace it with more appropriate and respectful terminology. Under the D.C. Home Rule Act, only Congress can amend Title 11 of the D.C. Code. The bill was introduced in the House in November.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote Postmaster General and CEO Louis DeJoy after USPS took more than six weeks to respond to her constituent services office’s request for a meeting to address widespread mail delivery problems in Ward 5 in D.C. When the Postal Service did respond, it said no such meeting could be held due to a 45-day election blackout period. In her letter, Norton urged USPS to at least independently meet with Ward 5 residents no later than October 11, 2024.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September 23, 2024, as "Mary Church Terrell Day," recognizing Mary Church Terrell's lasting contributions to the civil rights and women's rights movements. Terrell moved to the District of Columbia in 1887 to become a teacher at M Street Colored High School, now known as Dunbar High School, which is Norton's alma mater.