Press Releases
June 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—After sitting-in yesterday on the House floor to call for a vote on common-sense legislation to address gun violence, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser at a press conference today to send a message to Congress to stop continuous, undemocratic attempts to eliminate D.C.’s gun safety laws and instead vote on common-sense gun legislation.
June 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she was able to keep the three Republican amendments to the House fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill targeting D.C.’s gun safety laws from being made in order by the House Rules Committee yesterday.
June 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she is sick of Republicans treating the House fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill like fly paper for anti-home-rule amendments, and said that apparently Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ) did not want to be left out. Schweikert filed an amendment late yesterday to eliminate the District’s requirement that a person applying for a carry permit demonstrate a “good reason” for carrying.
June 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the Obama administration for issuing a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) opposing the anti-home-rule riders in the House fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill and supporting D.C. budget autonomy.
June 20, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she and her congressional allies will offer amendments to remove the anti-home-rule riders from the fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill when it comes before the House this week
June 20, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With Americans still mourning the loss of 49 individuals in last week’s mass shooting at a gay night club in Orlando, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that two Members of Congress have virtually targeted the LGBT community again by filing amendments to the fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia appropriations bill, scheduled to go to the House floor this week, that would strip LGBT students in D.C. of protections from discrimination and would eliminate several D.C. gun safety laws.
June 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee-approved fiscal year 2017 District of Columbia Appropriations bill does not contain any anti-home-rule riders, exempts D.C. from a shutdown in fiscal year 2018, and provides funds for many of her legislative priorities.
June 16, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the latest report on jobs and contracts obtained by District of Columbia residents and small businesses at federal construction projects in D.C., she also announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee-passed fiscal year 2017 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill contains $226 million for DHS consolidation at St. Elizabeths.
June 15, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to National Park Service (NPS) National Capital Region Director Robert Vogel requesting NPS consider creating an online portal to provide District of Columbia residents with regularly updated information on neighborhood parks owned and operated by NPS in the District, including answers to frequently-asked maintenance questions and contact information for representatives responsible for the parks.
June 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—At a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing today on the National Park Service (NPS), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) took her committee colleague Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) to task after he alleged NPS mismanagement was to blame for the crumbling state of the Arlington Memorial Bridge.