Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will meet with U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and Howard University School of Law Dean Danielle Holley-Walker before joining them for an armchair discussion in front of students as part of the University’s celebration of Constitution Day today, Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at the Moot Court Room (2900 Van Ness St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for the DC Advocacy Partners leadership training program’s class of 2016 tomorrow, Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., at One Judiciary Square (441 4th St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After announcing during August recess that she would introduce a bill to prohibit employers from asking prospective or current employees for their salary history before making a job or salary offer, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced the Pay Equity for All Act of 2016 (H.R. 6030) with original cosponsors Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and Jackie Speier (D-CA). The bill seeks to eliminate the wage gap that women and people of color often encounter.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was grateful to the Senate Judiciary Committee for voting to confirm Florence Pan to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has introduced a bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CMZA) in order to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state, which would make D.C. eligible for federal coastal zone management funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution to designate September as “National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced a bill to add the Mayor of the District of Columbia to the list of principals for whom the president can order the nation’s flag be flown at half-staff.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will take to the House floor this evening at approximately 7:10 p.m. to praise new bipartisan support in the District of Columbia for the upcoming referendum in November for D.C. statehood.