Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she will introduce a resolution to honor federal employees for their work through times of war and peace, recession and prosperity, and global instability and uncertainty. This week (May 7-13) is Public Service Recognition Week.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to U.S. National Arboretum Director Richard Olsen requesting a formal apology over the Arboretum’s inappropriate and overly aggressive treatment of first grade students from Two Rivers Public Charter School, who were visiting the Arboretum on a field trip, and provide her office “with an action plan on how the U.S. Arboretum will train its staff and volunteers to ensure all visitors feel welcome.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the same day President Trump signed a controversial executive order easing regulations that prevent places of worship and tax-exempt charities from engaging in political activity, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) hearing spoke out against Republican attempts to gut the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits churches and charitable organizations from engaging in political campaign activity.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today helped send off Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists inspired to action after the loss of 20 first-graders and six teachers in the tragic 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, as they embarked on a 400-mile ride from the District of Columbia to Newtown.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) hearing on U.S. airline customer service got officials representing four major airlines to commit to a major customer service reform. United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and American Airlines agreed to shorten their contracts of carriage with passengers, which list the services airline passengers are entitled to, from lengthy, legal jargon into simplified language.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Pay Equity for All Act of 2017 with original cosponsors Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Jackie Speier (D-CA) to prohibit employers from asking job applicants for their salary history before making a job or salary offer.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she will be looking to hold top airline officials accountable for recent troubling incidents involving airplane passengers at a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) hearing she requested tomorrow, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, at 9:30 a.m., in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that, following negotiations with the Republican Congress and the Trump White House, the fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill, released today, is largely a victory for the District of Columbia.