Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, today released a letter she wrote to the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Appropriation Subcommittees with jurisdiction over aviation in a renewed effort to address late night and early morning airplane noise in the Palisades, Foxhall, other District of Columbia neighborhoods, and communities across the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that after Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) attempt to eliminate the District of Columbia’s gun safety laws was resoundingly defeated last night by a vote of 54-45, Paul is now shamefully resorting to procedural gimmicks to try to expedite consideration of his extreme D.C. gun bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today gave remarks at a press conference after attending prayer services at Dar Al-Hijrah, a local Northern Virginia Mosque, to show her support for Muslim Americans in the wake of rising Islamophobia and attacks against Muslim communities and mosques.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Nearly two weeks after a local Northern Virginia Mosque, Dar Al-Hijrah, was attacked with Molotov cocktails and a hoax bomb, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will show her solidarity and support for the American Muslim community by joining Members of Congress in participating in prayer services today, Friday, December 4, 2015, at Dar Al-Hijrah (159 Row Street, Falls Church, VA), at 12:15 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for introducing his bill to eliminate the District of Columbia’s gun safety laws as an amendment to the Senate’s budget reconciliation bill, particularly the day after the San Bernardino shooting massacre that left 14 Americans dead.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today spoke on the House floor before passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the five-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. The FAST Act provides the District of Columbia with an additional $193.5 million in transit formula funding and an additional $75 million in highway formula funding over current funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sought answers on synthetic drugs at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing yesterday from Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Michael Botticelli and other federal officials and about available drug treatment and prevention programs, following her roundtable on Tuesday night featuring federal inmates returning to the District of Columbia after the U.S. Sentencing Commission reduced drug trafficking mandatory minimum sentences.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will help unveil Megabus’ newest “Capital City” double-decker bus, named in honor of District of Columbia residents today, Thursday, December 3, 2015, at Union Station (2 West Massachusetts Ave. NE), at 11:00 a.m. The “Capitol City” bus is part of Megabus’ “Name the Bus” campaign in each of the states they serve.