Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed more than a dozen amendments with the Rules Committee to remove anti-home-rule riders from the House’s fiscal year 2024 District of Columbia Appropriations bill as it goes to the House floor.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her Federal Gift Shop Tax Act today to allow state and local governments to impose a sales tax on purchases at gift shops located on federal property.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) this week introduced the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act, which would prohibit the installation of permanent fencing on the grounds of the United States Capitol complex. After the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, a fence was erected around the Capitol that stayed in place for months as officials recommended a permanent barrier. Norton criticized permanent fencing as both cosmetic and imprecise and instead called for smarter, state-of-the-art solutions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced her District of Columbia Juror Pay Parity Act, which would raise the pay of D.C. Superior Court jurors to match that of federal jurors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Mike Carey (R-OH) introduced a bill to provide the National Children’s Museum (NCM) with rent-free space in the federally owned Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) condemned Republicans ahead of tomorrow’s House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance hearing on crime in D.C., saying that the Republican focus on meddling in local D.C. affairs is undemocratic, paternalistic, and irresponsible. The hearing is scheduled to take place tomorrow, October 12th, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to require a majority of the members of the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), which has review authority for several types of property in D.C., be D.C. residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her District of Columbia Courts Home Rule Act today, which would give the Council of the District of Columbia authority over the jurisdiction and organization of the local D.C. courts. The D.C. Home Rule Act expressly prohibits D.C. from enacting any law with respect to any provision of the D.C. Code that relates to the jurisdiction and organization of the local D.C. courts. Congress can give D.C. this authority even before the District becomes the 51st state.