Press Releases
March 10, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a Capitol Hill press conference with leaders of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) tomorrow, Friday, March 11, 2016, at 9:30 a.m., at the House Triangle (SE corner of U.S. Capitol).
March 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement regarding a letter from District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and eight D.C. Councilmembers to House and Senate leaders supporting the special federal education funding for D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and public charter schools included in the Scholarships for Opportunities and Results (SOAR) Act, which also includes a private school voucher program in D.C.
March 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter she wrote to Architect of the Capitol Stephen Ayers requesting a meeting to discuss three issues of importance impacting District of Columbia residents, those who work near the Capitol and visitors: construction of a bus shelter near Union Station, disposal of the former House Page Residence, and turf restoratio
March 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, will offer opening remarks at the National League of Cities’ Congressional City Conference Capitol Hill Briefing today, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in the Congressional Visitor Center Auditorium.
March 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with Ward 7 residents tonight, Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at DC Scholars Public Charter School (5601 E Capitol St. SE).
March 8, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the NoMa Business Improvement District (BID) tomorrow, Wednesday, March 9, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at 1200 First St. NE, Suite 310.
March 3, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will travel to Flint, Michigan as part of a congressional delegation with Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn (D-SC) and leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC).
March 3, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the national capital region’s members, including not only House Members, but especially its four Senators, must devise a joint strategy to secure funding to fully replace the Arlington Memorial Bridge after a recent Federal Highway Administration inspection found that the bridge will need a major overhaul or be forced to close in 2021.
March 2, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her appreciation to the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) as it began construction of a bike lane through Lafayette Park that Norton pressed the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) and National Park Service (NPS) to allow to proceed.
March 2, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the momentum generated by strong bipartisan passage of her amendment prohibiting the use of electronic cigarettes and vaping devices for smoking on airplanes has pushed the Department of Transportation (DOT) to follow suit and issue a final rule that explicitly bans the use of electronic cigarettes on commercial flights.