Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a special ceremony to commemorate the planting of a tree on Capitol Grounds in honor of the District of Columbia on Monday, May 21, 2018, at 11:30 a.m., at the northwest corner of the U.S. Capitol Grounds (First St. and Constitution Ave. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), today passed Norton’s bill (H.R. 2897) that clarifies that the District of Columbia and the National Park Service (NPS) have the authority to enter into cooperative management agreements to maintain and operate NPS properties in the District, such as Franklin Park.

WASHINGTON – Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) – led by CBC Chairman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), CBC Judicial Nominations Task Force Chair Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and CBC Texas Delegation Members Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18), and Marc Veasey (D-TX-33) – called on the U.S. Senate to reject the nomination of Andrew Oldham to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands on her bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War defenses of Washington located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland today, Thursday, May 17, 2018, at: 2:00 p.m., in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the groundbreaking ceremony for Bread for the City’s new Southeast Center tomorrow, Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., at 1710 Good Hope Rd. SE.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution honoring the sponsors of “SummerSet DC,” a lunchtime music series featuring performances by a wide variety of local artists every Thursday 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).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, will kick off National Infrastructure Week by participating in two press events tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the nation commemorates Public Service Recognition Week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today introduced the RECOVER Act (Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act) to provide free lifetime identity protection coverage to current, former and prospective federal employees and contractors whose Social Security Numbers were compromised by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breaches in 2015.