Press Releases
June 7, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes Meredith Eib, Elena Lacayo and JusPaul for a SummerSet DC lunchtime music performance today, Thursday, June 7, 2018, from noon – 2:00 p.m., on the National Mall at 7th St. and Jefferson St. SW (in front of the National Air and Space Museum).
June 6, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to amend the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act to make the District of Columbia eligible for federal forestry funds.
June 5, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she has added a new workshop to her 2018 Small Business Fair, which will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW).
June 5, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will appear on Roach Brown’s radio show “Crossroads” on WPFW (89.3 FM) today, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., live from Ben’s Chili Bowl (1213 U St. NW).
June 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host her annual Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff to help District of Columbia students get a free, all-expense paid college education and to present her eleven 2018 appointees to the U.S. Service Academies and Service Academy Preparatory Schools on Wednesday, June 6, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., at Woodrow Wilson High School (3950 Chesapeake St NW).
June 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition, including the first place winner, whose artwork will hang in the Capitol, at an awards and prizes ceremony for District of Columbia students, parents and teachers tomorrow, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., at the Office of the State Superintendent of Education (1050 First St NE).
June 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Hugh J. Hurwitz, criticizing the BOP for failing to notify her of the status of the Residential Reentry Management Center contract with Hope Village.
June 1, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was delighted to announce two additional SummerSet DC performances, rainchecks for two that had to be cancelled due to weather.
May 31, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said her defense of the District of Columbia’s Local Budget Autonomy Act (BAA) got a boost against the pending fourth attempt by Republicans to repeal the BAA, after a federal district court judge in the District yesterday dismissed the only pending lawsuit challenging the legality of the BAA.
May 31, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tonight will discuss her bills that have enabled the redevelopment of the Southwest and Southeast Waterfronts in the District of Columbia at the celebration of the 25th anniversary of PN Hoffman, the lead developer of The Wharf.