Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she expects that as early as next week the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) will mark up a bill to repeal the Local Budget Autonomy Act of 2012 (BAA), a referendum ratified overwhelmingly by District of Columbia voters in 2013, and to prohibit the District from passing any budget autonomy legislation in the future.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), in remarks prepared for a press conference today with National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) leaders and business owners, thanked NCIA members for their tireless advocacy and asked for them to keep helping her remove the undemocratic appropriations rider that blocks the District of Columbia from spending its local funds to tax or regulate marijuana.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released an advance copy of her prepared opening statement for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) subcommittee hearing on the Local Budget Autonomy Act of 2012 (BAA), a referendum ratified by District of Columbia voters in 2013, tomorrow, Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was gratified that President Obama has nominated J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, recommended by Norton, to serve a second term as a commissioner on the U.S. Parole Commission (USPC).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced it had received 135 pieces of artwork from District of Columbia students in grades 8-12 at 24 public, charter, and private schools, the largest number of D.C. schools that have ever participated in the annual Congressional Art Competition.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her statement at a press conference today on efforts to protect District of Columbia home rule during the fiscal year 2017 appropriations process.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, and a coalition of national and local organizations will hold a press conference today, Monday, May 9, 2015, at 2:30 p.m., in 234 Cannon House Office Building, where Norton will discuss District of Columbia efforts that challenge Congress not only by defending the city’s laws from interference, but also, for the first time, putting Congress on the defensive.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give opening remarks at a 40th anniversary celebration for Levine Music today, Saturday, May 7, 2016, at 2:00 p.m., at the Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus—THEARC (1901 Mississippi Ave. SE).