Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned the introduction of the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), sponsored by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), which would prohibit the federal and District of Columbia governments, but not state governments, from denying benefits, contracts and the like to individuals, non-profits and for-profits that discriminate against LGBT people, as well as individuals who engage in extramarital relations, based on a sincerely-held religious belief or moral conviction.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Rick Crawford (R-AR) today introduced H.R. 5256, a bill that would require the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to collect statistics related to sexual assaults on any mode of transportation under federal jurisdiction, including airplanes and ships.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today spoke at a walk-out rally at the U.S. Capitol led by students from across the District of Columbia region to demand Congress take meaningful action to end gun violence.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) Executive Director Josh Horwitz will host a media conference call to demand that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) withdraw his bill to eliminate nearly all of D.C.’s local gun safety laws tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13, at 2:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the 41st annual “Evening with Labor” awards, hosted by Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, tonight, Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., at the Omni Shoreham Hotel (2500 Calvert St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee and member of the “Big Four” transportation leaders who wrote the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, yesterday at a committee hearing got U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to commit to timelines for awarding very delayed transportation grant funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reported that the Members of the House (146) and Senate (22) who have cosponsored her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state represent a combined 188 million Americans, comprising 58 percent of the country’s total population.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will again perform at Hexagon, a musical and spoof on the latest events, which will benefit “the grass roots project” that assists District of Columbia youth and student athletes tonight, Saturday, March 3, 2018, at 8:00 p.m., at Woodrow Wilson High School (3950 Chesapeake St NW).