Press Releases
July 25, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton has introduced a bill to extend the District of Columbia’s lease with the National Park Service to use the land under Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium (RFK) by 50 years, for a total period of 100 years.
July 24, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today filed an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill to permit commercial filming and photography on all U.S. Capitol Grounds, beyond the single area where it is currently permitted, Union Square.
July 24, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton has broken the record for House cosponsors for her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.
July 23, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the passing of longtime WRC-TV anchor Jim Vance.
July 21, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today challenged Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) to follow his convictions of allowing his constituents to be armed wherever they travel by offering an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill to overturn the federal ban on bringing guns onto the U.S. Capitol grounds.
July 20, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she could not resist pointing up the newest Republican hypocrisy after the House Judiciary Committee announced an upcoming hearing entitled “No Regulation Without Representation: H.R. 2887 and the Growing Problem of States Regulating Beyond Their Borders.”
July 20, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a press conference hosted by the Pro-Choice Caucus on the harmful impact of proposed anti-choice riders in this year’s appropriations bills today, Thursday, July 20, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., in the House Radio/TV Gallery, Studio B (HVC-110).
July 19, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that Representative Andy Harris (R-MD) falsely asserted to the press that Congress does not have the authority to ban medical aid in dying nationwide.
July 19, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) today passed two Norton bills by voice vote.
July 18, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called out Republicans for “bright-light hypocrisy” on the District of Columbia after the House Budget Committee today released its fiscal year 2018 budget resolution, which stresses the importance of reducing the power of the federal government and empowering state and local governments.