Press Releases
April 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will present one of the National Action Network’s (NAN) “Keeper of the Dream” awards, an honor given every April by NAN to mark the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death, to Gloria Steinem as part of NAN’s annual national convention tonight, Thursday, April 14, 2016, at the Sheraton New York Times Square (811 7th Ave. New York, NY).
April 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.— The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released an advance copy of her prepared opening statement ahead of a House Oversight and Government Committee (OGR) markup of a bill to reauthorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program today, Thursday, April 14, 2016, at 9:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
April 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today took to the House floor to tell her colleagues that Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia on Saturday, April 16 is about emancipating the nation’s capital from autocratic congressional control by making D.C. the 51st state of the Union.
April 13, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the week of the 155th anniversary of the start of the Civil War—April 12, 1861—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland.
April 12, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today welcomed Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists inspired to action after the 2012 tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, to the District of Columbia as they completed their 400-mile journey from Newtown.
April 12, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak on the House floor whenever she can secure floor time this week for a series of speeches calling for statehood for the District of Columbia in anticipation of D.C. Emancipation Day on Saturday, April 16, 2016.
April 12, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a Capitol Hill press conference with Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists inspired to action after the 2012 tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, today, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., at the House Triangle (SE corner of the U.S. Capitol).
April 12, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join President Obama and offer remarks at a designation of a new national monument honoring the movement for women’s equality today, Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., at 144 Constitution Ave NE. The Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, previously known as the Sewall-Belmont House, will protect the house that has served as the headquarters for the National Woman’s Party since 1929.
April 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to the National Park Service (NPS) expressing her concern about the repeated delays on the project to rebuild and repave roads in Fort Dupont Park.
April 7, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the most recent statistics, February 2016, on the number of District of Columbia residents employed and D.C. small businesses contracted at federal construction projects in the city resulting from Norton’s legislative work, which show some improvement.