Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will testify at a hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 7) being held by the House Subcommittees on Civil Rights and Human Services and Workforce Protections tomorrow, Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the U.S. Senate today passed a federal lands package that contains Norton’s bill that clarifies that the District of Columbia and the National Park Service (NPS) have the authority to enter into cooperative management agreements (CMAs) to maintain and operate NPS properties in the District, such as Franklin Park.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) for reintroducing a bill that would radically alter the District of Columbia’s local education system by forcing D.C. to steer its local funds away from D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and public charter schools to vouchers for any student who chooses to attend private schools.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a Ward 8 Unity Luncheon, hosted by Councilmember Trayon White, tomorrow, Sunday, February 10, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., at Ballou Senior High School (2401 4th St. SE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks at the American Federation of Government Employees’ (AFGE) annual legislative conference tomorrow, Sunday, February 10, 2019, at 1:00 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Ave. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her bill to give the District of Columbia home-rule authority over the D.C. National Guard. Norton’s bill continues her “Free and Equal D.C.” series, a set of bills she will introduce as part of her strategy to give the District expanded home rule and equality while simultaneously pursuing statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House of Representatives today by voice vote passed Norton’s bill, the Fairness for Breastfeeding Mothers Act, requiring buildings that are either federally owned or leased to provide designated private and hygienic lactation spaces for nursing mothers.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will bring Faye Smith, a District of Columbia resident and a federally-contracted Smithsonian security officer, as her guest to tonight’s State of the Union address.