Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will address Ronald Reagan National (DCA) and Dulles International Airport food and retail workers as they rally for better pay and improved benefits this evening, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at 5:00 p.m., at the Reagan National Airport’s Terminal A Conference Room.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The highlight of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) annual Senior Legislative Day tomorrow will be the opportunity for seniors to sit on the House floor, where Members of the House engage in legislative business. This year’s Senior Legislative Day will begin at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center (One First St. NE) on Tuesday, July 18, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the newest set of available data (May 2016) on the number of District of Columbia residents hired to work at federal construction sites in the District and D.C. small businesses with subcontracts at the sites.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today’s Music on the Mall performance is canceled due to a heat advisory warning and will resume next Thursday, July 21, 2016.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the House recesses today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce District of Columbia resident Nardyne Jefferies, whose daughter, Brishell Jones, was shot and killed on March 30, 2010, at a National Speak Out on gun violence, entitled “Lighting the Way: The Path Forward on Gun Violence,” hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus and the Democratic Caucus tonight, Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 7:30 p.m., on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) for introducing a bill to use the authoritarian federal power of Congress to interfere and alter the District of Columbia’s local occupational licensing laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in favor of Judge Florence Pan’s nomination to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman to President Obama.

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 bills introduced by Norton to improve the District of Columbia’s local justice system. Under the Home Rule Act of 1973, Congress has the exclusive authority to regulate the D.C. courts.