Press Releases
July 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that, pending statehood, Congress’ authority over the District of Columbia means that the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court poses a unique threat to women and the LGBTQ community in the District.
July 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today filed amendments to strike all five anti-home-rule riders from the House’s fiscal year 2019 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which is expected to be considered on the floor next week.
July 9, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus’ Judicial Nominations Task Force and a constitutional lawyer who argued and won a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, issued the followed statement on President Trump’s announcement of Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia as his nominee to the Supreme Court.
July 9, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she has requested a meeting with the Acting Director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Steven Monfort, to discuss the Smithsonian Institution’s proposal to install new security check points and reduce the number of entrances from 13 to three.
July 3, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Paul Laurence Dunbar Commemorative Coin Act to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 50,000 five-dollar coins, 400,000 one-dollar coins and 750,000 half-dollar coins in recognition of Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the most influential African-American poets in American literature.
July 3, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her annual Job Fair—free and open only to District of Columbia residents—will be held Wednesday, August 1, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon PL NW).
July 2, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in the annual Palisades Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday, July 4, 2018.
June 29, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she supports a bill introduced this week by the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Jenniffer González Colón, to grant Puerto Rico statehood, and will be added as a cosponsor.
June 28, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the graduation ceremony for the Goodwill Excel Center tomorrow, Friday, June 29, 2018, at 11:30 a.m., at 1776 G St. NW. The Excel Center is an adult charter high school.
June 28, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today congratulated the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) as it marked the start of the final segment to complete the Anacostia River Tunnel System.