Press Releases
June 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a Norton amendment to the Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 (H.R. 4775) has been made in order for consideration and a vote on the House floor this afternoon. Norton said the bill is a systematic attack on the Clean Air Act by undermining the act’s key air-quality provisions that protect Americans from air pollution.
June 7, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will be hosting a roundtable entitled, “Making the Best Use of D.C.’s Marinas and Rivers” on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. at 200 I (Eye) St. SE (First Floor Multipurpose Room).
June 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will open this year’s Small Business Fair at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW, 2nd Floor, Room 202A) with a press conference, where she will announce the winner of the 2016 District of Columbia Small Business of the Year tomorrow, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.
June 2, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the region prepares for Metro’s SafeTrack safety overhaul, beginning this Saturday, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said her bill to reroute trains carrying certain hazardous materials from selected high-threat urban areas, including the District of Columbia, is a further step to enhance safety along Metro lines.
June 1, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senator James Lankford (R-OK) after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed his bill (S. 2966) to enhance financial disclosure requirements for District of Columbia local court judges and to make other improvements to the D.C. courts.
May 31, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—After the District of Columbia Council today passed its fiscal year 2017 local budget, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she is poised to take action to keep the budget from being overturned by a disapproval resolution during the congressional review period.
May 30, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) noted that just before Members recessed for Memorial Day, the House voted last Wednesday to overturn a referendum overwhelmingly passed by District of Columbia residents.
May 26, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Senate yesterday confirmed Patrick Burke to serve as U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia. Burke, whom Norton recommended to President Obama, is an Assistant Chief in the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
May 26, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her deep gratitude to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) for strongly condemning House Republicans for voting to overturn a referendum overwhelmingly ratified by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.
May 25, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after House Republicans voted this afternoon to overturn a referendum ratified overwhelmingly by District of Columbia voters in 2013 that granted the District budget autonomy.