Press Releases
March 2, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said two of her top priorities were included in the Public Buildings Reform and Savings Act of 2016, which Norton cosponsored and was passed today by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
March 1, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Palisades Citizens’ Association tonight, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., at the Palisades Recreation Center (5200 Sherier PL NW).
February 25, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) hearing pressed the importance of her bill to provide free lifetime identity theft coverage to current, former and prospective federal employees whose personal data were compromised in recent U.S. Office of Personnel Management data breaches.
February 24, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at a Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing used her time to ask three questions of particular concern to District of Columbia residents – lead levels in D.C.’s water supply, ground water testing in the Spring Valley neighborhood, and flooding of the National Mall and D.C. neighborhoods.
February 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s announcement today of his plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility.
February 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she will once again vigorously defend two District of Columbia anti-discrimination laws from being overturned after the Heritage Foundation’s fiscal year 2017 budget blueprint for Congress, released today, calls for the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act (RHNDA) and the Human Rights Amendment Act (HRAA) to blocked or overturned.
February 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy and District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) General Manager George Hawkins asking for an update on the status of lead levels in D.C.’s water supply given the ongoing lead contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, where Norton will travel next month as part of a congressional delegation.
February 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that would help address the ongoing crisis of long-term unemployment.
February 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator Therese McMillan following up on her original request that FTA continue financial monitoring of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) while considering changes to the current paper method of monitoring to ease WMATA’s dependence on short-term borrowing for operational expenses.
February 19, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after the National Park Service (NPS) announced that the Washington Monument’s main elevator will be closed until early next week until a damaged elevator control box is repaired.