Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the adoption of the rules for the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which remove the District of Columbia from the jurisdiction of any of the Committee’s subcommittees and put D.C. matters in the full Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a press conference with Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and members of 32BJ SEIU—which represents over 600 janitors and security officers who were furloughed and did not receive back pay after previous shutdowns—to call for Congress to provide back pay for low-wage federal contract workers tomorrow, Tuesday, January 28, 2019, at 2:15 p.m., in 215 SVC (Capitol Visitor Center, Senate Side).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), joined by Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Anthony Brown (D-MD) and David Trone (D-MD), today wrote the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting it conduct a study of helicopter noise within the Washington metropolitan region.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today urged District of Columbia residents to enroll in affordable health insurance plans being offered by DC Health Link before the open enrollment period ends on January 31, 2019.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was elected by her fellow Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) to serve as chair of its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host an Emergency Town Hall with federal employees, federal contract workers, federal labor union leaders and local District of Columbia businesses to highlight the deeply harmful impacts of the Trump shutdown on D.C. residents and the District’s economy tonight, Thursday, January 24, 2019, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., at One Judiciary Square (441 4th St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her bill to give the District of Columbia legislative autonomy by eliminating the congressional review period for legislation passed by the D.C. Council, enabling local D.C. bills to take effect immediately.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will visit World Central Kitchen’s #ChefsForFeds Emergency Kitchen and Resource Center (701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) to meet with volunteers and speak with federal employees today, Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at 12:45 p.m.