Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Committee on House Administration reported out the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act, which contains several provisions to interfere in local D.C. elections, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the markup demonstrated Republican’s commitment to reducing access to voting in D.C. and the country and interfering with D.C. home rule. The ACE Act would make it more difficult to vote and administer elections in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed disappointment today after the House Rules Committee did not make her amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in order. Norton filed several D.C.-related amendments to the bill, including:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability marked up Rep. August Pfluger’s (R-TX) bill to prohibit D.C. residents who are not citizens from voting in local D.C. elections, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today vowed to do everything possible to defeat the bill. The D.C. Council passed the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 last year, which allows noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her bill to require retail establishments to provide individuals who have medical conditions requiring immediate access to restrooms, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, access to employee-only bathrooms when such establishments do not have public facilities. The individual would need to present documentation of the medical condition and the bill will include provisions to protect the safety of employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After the July 4th holiday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce a bill to expand the mission of the National Park Service (NPS) to include active use of NPS parks in urban areas. The idea for the bill came from a George Washington University report that examined strategies to create a more activated park system in D.C., which noted that NPS parks in D.C. are “inconsistently managed and inequitably maintained” and “do not meet the needs of people who both live near and experience the park system as a part of their daily lives.” 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed several D.C.-related amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Requirement Equality Act, which would require federal district court judges, federal circuit court judges, the U.S. Attorney, the two U.S. Marshals and the federal court clerk who serve in D.C. to reside in D.C., just as such officials are required to do in other jurisdictions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will receive a $104 million grant from the Federal Transit Authority for low- and no- emission buses and facilities after she wrote a letter supporting WMATA’s grant application. The grant was funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a law that Norton heavily shaped through her work as then-Chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. Norton currently serves as Ranking Member.