Press Releases
June 13, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a community meeting on National Park Service (NPS) policies affecting the ability of organized sports teams to reserve space and play games on the National Mall on Monday, June 18, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
June 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) today introduced a congressional resolution congratulating the Washington Capitals for winning the 2018 Stanley Cup, the first championship in team history.
June 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As part of her effort to rid federal law of anti-home-rule provisions, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will introduce a bill to repeal a redundant 1997 federal law that makes it a crime for a person in the District of Columbia to obstruct any bridge connecting D.C. and Virginia.
June 11, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and her District of Columbia Commission on Black Men and Boys will host a special hearing, entitled “Black Men Mentoring Black Boys Making the Difference,” tomorrow, Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., at 2235 Shannon PL SE (2nd Floor Hearing Room).
June 11, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), an annual performer in the long-running comedic event “Will on the Hill,” hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), will appear in the performance tonight, Monday, June 11, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW).
June 11, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will introduce legislation to eliminate the President’s authority to federalize the local District of Columbia police department, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The President has no authority to federalize any other local or state police department.
June 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks at the annual American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) membership conference tonight, Sunday, June 10, 2018, at 6:00 p.m., at the Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon PL. NW).
June 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join officials to cut the ribbon on the new Democracy Prep Congress Heights Public Charter School today, Friday, June 8, 2018, at 3100 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE. Nearly 50 percent of District of Columbia public school students attend charter schools.
June 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she will introduce a congressional resolution celebrating the Washington Capitals’ victory over the Las Vegas Golden Knights to clinch their first Stanley Cup in franchise history and to recognize the many accomplishments of their historic season.
June 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the House floor today for 30 minutes to discuss the historic progress on statehood for the District of Columbia this Congress, to inform Members and a national audience about little-known facts about the size of D.C.’s population, economy and budget, to outline the District’s contributions to the nation, particularly its rank as first in federal taxes per capita, and highlight the threats to D.C.’s local laws in the House’s pending fiscal year (FY) 2019 D.C. Appropriations bill, most of which Norton expects to defeat.