Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement regarding U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s announcement today that he will appoint three new federal representatives to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Board of Directors.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called Todd Edelman and Florence Pan to inform them that President Obama would nominate them to become judges on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by Norton. Edelman and Pan both currently serve as Associate Judges on the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a congressional roundtable on federal construction projects in the District of Columbia featuring construction companies on the projects, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), District of Columbia workers and D.C. small businesses contracted at the sites on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be interviewed at the International Association of Exhibitions and Events’ (IAEE) Women's Leadership Forum today, Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at 3:30 p.m., at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon PL. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (HSGAC) for voting to confirm three D.C. Superior Court nominees—Julie H. Becker, Steven N. Berk, and Elizabeth C. Wingo.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks at the inaugural National Cannabis Festival tomorrow, Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 2:30 p.m., at the Festival Grounds at RFK Stadium (2400 East Capitol Street SE).

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the U.S. Department of the Treasury will allocate an additional $28.7 million to District of Columba residents in an effort to prevent foreclosures and help the District housing market.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to provide the District of Columbia Courts (D.C. Courts) and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) with the same authority that federal courts and federal agencies have to offer voluntary separation incentive payments, or buyouts, to their employees.