Press Releases

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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2024, as “D.C. Statehood Day” and calling for statehood for the District through enactment of her Washington, D.C. Admission Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to address several retirement issues for several categories of workers who used to be under the District of Columbia retirement system. First, the service of some employees from 1987-1997 who participated in D.C.’s defined contribution plan and were transferred to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) had those ten years of service not fully counted for the amount of their annuity. The bill would allow those employees to buy into the FERS annuity amount from those ten years, which would give them the full retirement benefit to which they should be entitled.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the process for applying to her office for Community Project Funding, formerly known as earmarks, for fiscal year 2025 (FY25). For a Community Project Funding request to be considered, eligible entities must submit an application by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30th to NortonCommunityProjectFunding@mail.house.gov.