Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at a congressional ceremony honoring the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass on Wednesday, February 14, 2018, at 5:30 p.m., in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center (First St NE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reported that with the addition of four cosponsors—Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-MA), Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA)—her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state has now attracted over cosponsorship by over 75 percent (146) of the House Democratic Caucus.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in two events—one local and one national—to honor the life of Frederick Douglass tomorrow, Wednesday, February 14, 2018. February 14 was Douglass’ adopted birthday.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at a groundbreaking ceremony for Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other local elected officials said that “the Frederick Douglass bridge is the most important bridge in the nation’s capital” because it connects all the wards of the city, as well as commuters as tourists.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who has been “squirrelling federal funding” for more than 10 years to rebuild the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, will join District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser to speak at the new bridge’s groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13, 2018, noon, at 1650 South Capitol Street SE.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) will host a media availability after they meet with U.S. Park Police Chief Robert MacLean tomorrow, Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., in 2136 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that, fortunately, Congress has preempted President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget, released today, with its bipartisan budget deal passed last week that significantly boosted domestic spending levels by $131 billion over the next two years, dramatically exceeding Trump’s fiscal year 2018 and 2019 budgets.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks during the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) 2018 Legislative Conference on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at 1:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill (400 New Jersey Avenue NW).