Press Releases
August 25, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Faced with the almost-disappearance of affordable housing in the District of Columbia and across the nation, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (THUD) bill to increase the funding for Section 8 tenant-based vouchers by 1 percent, or $187 million, which would translate into approximately 21,000 new housing vouchers.
August 24, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill to prohibit the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from carrying out the law that requires individuals in halfway houses and on home confinement to pay a subsistence fee to offset the cost of being housed or supervised.
August 24, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment to the fiscal year 2018 Transportation, Housing And Urban Development Appropriations bill to prohibit states that receive federal transportation funding from engaging in unconstitutional profiling based on physical characteristics.
August 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today filed amendments to strike all four anti-home-rule riders from the House’s fiscal year 2018 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which is expected to be considered on the floor next month when Congress returns from recess.
August 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Before Congress recessed on August 2, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a congressional resolution designating Chuck Brown’s birthday, August 22, as “Chuck Brown Day” in the District of Columbia and across the nation in honor of the contributions of the “Godfather of Go-Go.”
August 20, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her deepest condolences to the family of Dick Gregory, a close friend who passed away last evening.
August 18, 2017
The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she plans to meet with Michael Reynolds, the Acting Director of the National Park Service (NPS), when Congress returns from recess in September to discuss the statue of Confederate General Albert Pike that now stands on federal land near Judiciary Square.
August 17, 2017
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on House and Senate leaders to create a special committee in Congress to encourage states with statues of confederate figures to take advantage of a 2000 federal law (Pub.L. 106-554) that allows states to replace their statues for any reason.
August 14, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a life-long civil rights activist, issued the following statement on the violence in Charlottesville, VA following white supremacist demonstrations.
August 10, 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine at the “Right Direction Awards” to honor D.C. youth who are taking positive strides in their lives and making valuable contributions to their local communities tonight, Thursday, August 10, 2017, at 6:30 p.m., at the Old Council Chamber (441 4th St. NW).