Press Releases
September 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that President Obama has nominated Abid Qureshi to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by Norton. Norton said Qureshi would be the first-ever Muslim appointed to a lifetime tenure judgeship. Qureshi currently is a partner at the law firm Latham & Watkins LLP (Latham).
August 30, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Congress returns from recess, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), will introduce a bill with original cosponsors Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) to prohibit employers from asking job applicants for their salary history before making a job or salary offer.
August 27, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer words of encouragement in support of survivors and victims of homicide and violent gun crimes at the 11th annual Tragedy Affects All Tea tomorrow, Sunday, August 28, 2016, in the ballroom of the Willard InterContinental Hotel (1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW), at 2:00 p.m.
August 24, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As a result of a briefing that she requested with National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks Gay Vietzke, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) learned today for the first time that the current 10-day shutdown of the Washington Monument for purposes of a thorough investigation of its only elevator will likely last longer than 10 days and could stretch well into September.
August 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will meet with National Park Service (NPS) officials tomorrow, Wednesday, August 24, at noon, concerning the ongoing 10-day shutdown of the Washington Monument elevator. Norton has been concerned about chronic Monument elevator shutdowns this summer and believes it is important for the public to know the reason.
August 15, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called her friend Cora Masters Barry yesterday morning to express her deepest sympathies at the tragic loss of her stepson Marion Christopher Barry, son of the late-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.
August 11, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the newest set of available data (June 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.
August 10, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that 100 employers with jobs across the District of Columbia-region will be at her 19th annual Job Fair to meet with D.C. residents tomorrow, Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon PL NW, Exhibit Hall C).
August 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with Advisory Neighborhood Commission 6D06 today, Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at Syphax Gardens (1501 Half Street SW).
August 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In commemoration of the recent 51st anniversary of passage of the Voting Rights Act, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that when Congress returns from recess, she will introduce a resolution noting the unusual number of recent court decisions overturning restrictive state voting laws in the North and South because they unconstitutionally deny voting rights to people of color, the elderly, and low-income residents.