Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join faith leaders and residents at an interfaith service and solidarity gathering to mourn the 11 lives lost in this weekend’s shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Congregation tonight, Monday, October 29, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., at Adas Israel Congregation (2850 Quebec St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Acting Director Hugh J. Hurwitz requesting that he provide information on the fees that BOP charges returning citizens while they live in federally-controlled and funded Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), commonly referred to as halfway houses.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a community meeting to call for the reopening of the Maryland Avenue gate at the National Arboretum on Thursday, November 1, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., in the auditorium at the National Arboretum’s Visitor Center (Use entrance at 2400 R Street NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will rally today, Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 12:30 p.m., in front of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building (200 Independence Ave. SW) with members of the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which represents employees at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to urge HHS leadership to return to the bargaining table and engage in good-faith contract negotiations with HHS employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers and Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael Stenger expressing her deep disappointment that both officials have refused to attend her community meeting tonight on the Louisiana Avenue Bike Lane project.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced District of Columbia residents will have the opportunity to provide direct feedback to the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) and other stakeholders regarding the construction of a protected bike lane between Union Station and the U.S. Capitol Grounds on Louisiana Avenue on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building (Second Floor).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horwitz requesting he open a formal investigation into the alleged appalling conditions inmates are facing at the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) Hazelton facility in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), today released Norton’s letter to OGR Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) requesting a committee hearing on allegations of indiscriminate raids being conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the District of Columbia and across the country.