Press Releases

Norton Calls for Support for Federal Employees

February 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement today regarding federal employees: “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the ongoing, and often illegal and unconstitutional, attacks against our federal workforce. Today’s attempted illegal gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is just the most recent in a long line of attacks on federal employees, now only two weeks into the current Administration.

Norton, Ezell, Fischer and Duckworth to Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Strengthen Consumer Protection Against Fraud Involving Residential Moving Companies

January 30, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) announced they will reintroduce a bipartisan bill to equip the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with the necessary tools to 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.

Norton Releases Statement Expressing Condolences to Those Involved in DCA Mid-Air Collision

January 30, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement today expressing her condolences to those involved in the tragic mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport (DCA) last night and vowed to investigate the circumstances of the incident. “I am saddened to hear of the horrific mid-air collision that took place between American Eagle Flight 5342 and a miliary Black Hawk helicopter last night over the Potomac River adjacent to DCA.

Norton Introduces Bill to Require Federal Bureau of Prisons to Provide Information to D.C. on D.C. Returning Citizens

January 28, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide information to the District of Columbia government on individuals convicted of D.C. Code felonies housed in BOP custody to help ensure that D.C. has services ready for these individuals when they return home from BOP. This bill is necessary because BOP houses D.C. residents convicted of D.C.

Norton Introduces Bill to Require U.S. Attorney, Federal Judges and U.S. Marshals Serving in D.C. to Live in D.C.

January 21, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Requirement Equality Act, which would require federal district court judges, federal circuit court judges, the U.S. Attorney, the two U.S. Marshals and the federal court clerk who serve D.C. to reside in D.C., just as such officials are required to do in other jurisdictions.

On MLK Day, Norton Calls on Congress to Pass D.C. Statehood and Other Voting Rights Legislation

January 20, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on Congress to pass her District of Columbia statehood bill (H.R. 51) and other important voting rights legislation. Norton’s bill would give D.C. full local self-government, a cause Dr. King championed, and voting representation in Congress.

Norton Statement on Introduction of Anti-Home Rule, Politically Motivated Bill to Remove Registration Requirement for Certain Organizations in D.C.

January 17, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) condemned a bill introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) 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.

House Passes Norton Bill to Eliminate SEC’s Leasing Authority

January 14, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to 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 has passed the House. The House passed the bill for the first time in 2022.

Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a Local Prosecutor, Same Right Already Enjoyed by U.S. Territories

January 13, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to create a local prosecutor's office, designated under local law, to prosecute all local crimes in the District of Columbia. Under federal law, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, a federal entity, is responsible for prosecuting almost all local crimes committed by adults here, the greater part of its caseload, in addition to prosecuting federal crimes. Norton noted that the territories of the United States all have local prosecutors to prosecute local crimes. Her bill would effectuate a 2002 advisory referendum, approved by 82 percent of D.C. voters, to create a local prosecutor's office.

Norton, Van Hollen Announce Introduction of D.C. Statehood Bill

January 7, 2025

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today announced the introduction of the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 119th Congress. Van Hollen is taking over the bill in the Senate after the retirement of the longtime Senate lead, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), who had introduced the Senate companion bill since 2013, retired at the end of the 118th Congress. The members thanked Carper for his longtime Senate leadership and advocacy, during which the first Senate hearing on the bill was held. The statehood bill passed the House for the first time in history in June of 2020 and passed again in April of 2021.