Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to clarify that the District of Columbia has the authority to enter into cooperative management agreements (CMAs) with the National Park Service (NPS) to maintain and invest in NPS properties in the city.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to question nominees for federal positions in the District of Columbia, including federal district court judge, U.S. Attorney and U.S. Marshal, on whether they intend to reside in D.C. during their terms.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), an annual performer in the long-running comedic event “Will on the Hill,” hosted by the Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), will appear in the performance tonight, June 12, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the workshop schedule for her 2017 Small Business Fair, which is on Thursday, June 15, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today responded to the announcement that Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC) has been recommended by the Republican Steering Committee as the next chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), which has jurisdiction over the District of Columbia, and that he is expected to be confirmed in that role by a vote of the full Republican Caucus next week.

​WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host her annual Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff to present her ten 2017 nominees to the U.S. Service Academies and Service Academy Preparatory Schools today, Thursday, June 8, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., in the Old Council Chamber at One Judiciary Square (441 4th St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to eliminate the requirement that residents at Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) halfway houses (Residential Reentry Centers) pay a subsistence fee of 25 percent of their gross income to offset the cost of being housed.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host her annual Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff to present her ten 2017 appointees to the U.S. Service Academies and Service Academy Preparatory Schools on Thursday, June 8, 2017, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., in the Old Council Chamber at One Judiciary Square (441 4th St. NW). Thursday’s Fair will feature a special appearance by Admiral Cecil D. Haney, USN (Ret.), a District of Columbia native and graduate of Eastern Senior High School and of the United States Naval Academy (’78).