Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Obama yesterday signed a bill introduced by Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) to modernize and improve the daily operations of the District of Columbia Courts, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was deeply saddened at the passing of Concepcion Picciotto, who maintained a peace vigil outside the White House for more than 30 years.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, will join advocates, who are presenting 115,000 signed petitions to Congress, on a conference call opposing privatization of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system in the next reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today, Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at 12:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the District of Columbia National Guard for providing critical assistance to D.C. authorities during this weekend’s snowstorm, but said that “it is absurd that the District does not have home-rule authority over its own National Guard in cases of emergency, as states do.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she expects that District of Columbia families will take advantage of potentially record-setting snowfall tomorrow and Saturday by grabbing their sleds and heading to Capitol Hill, which is now open for sledding thanks to language Norton got in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for introducing an unprecedented attack on District of Columbia home rule by introducing a bill to radically alter D.C.’s local education system.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the newest statistics from mid-December showing the number of District of Columbia residents employed and D.C. small businesses contracted at federal construction projects in the city that were achieved through Norton’s legislative work.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the announcement that Joslyn (Josh) Williams will retire in February after serving for 34 years as president of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, was for her a twin loss – of a man who built the local and regional labor movement into one of the most effective and influential in the nation, and of a personal friend, who has been a close partner since Norton came to Congress 25 years ago.