Press Releases
June 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a senior member of the Aviation Subcommittee, has filed an amendment to the fiscal year 2020 transportation appropriations bill that would direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to prioritize combating airplane and helicopter noise.
June 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has announced her 2019 Small Business Fair will take place this Wednesday, June 19th from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
June 16, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will receive the Founders Award from the Women’s Forum of New York tomorrow at the 45th anniversary celebration of the group’s founding.
June 14, 2019
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.
June 14, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of National Flag Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) released a picture with their respective flags, the 1st state and the 51st state, celebrating the record number of cosponsors in the Senate (32) and House (213) on their bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
June 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the National Week of Action to highlight Democratic efforts on health care, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a DC Health Link Roundtable tomorrow, June 14th at 2:00 p.m.
June 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) vowed to fight the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision today to move the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) from the National Capital Region (NCR).
June 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak today at the 2nd Annual Women's E3 Summit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture at 11:15 a.m.
June 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she has filed two amendments to the fiscal year 2020 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill to prohibit the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from using its fiscal year 2020 funds to charge subsistence fees for offenders in halfway houses and health care co-pays for inmates.
June 12, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) defeated multiple anti-home-rule amendments during the House Appropriation Committee’s markup of the fiscal year 2020 District of Columbia Appropriation bill late yesterday and thanked her Democratic colleagues for supporting the District’s right to self-government.