Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After yesterday’s failed attempt in the House to override President Biden’s veto on the disapproval resolution that would have nullified D.C.’s policing reform law, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the President was correct in vetoing the disapproval resolution and that Congress should leave decisions about local D.C. laws to D.C. residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed three amendments to the 2024 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill being marked up today by the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), asking that OMB direct all federal agencies to treat D.C. as a state, city and county for purposes of federal funding unless an applicable statute precludes such funding.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, during Pride Month, reintroduced her District of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination Act. The bill would clarify that D.C. residents may not be excluded or disqualified from jury service in D.C. Superior Court on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Specifically, the bill would clarify that "sex," which is a protected class under the non-discrimination law that applies to jurors in D.C. Superior Court, includes sexual orientation and gender identity.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to provide D.C. comprehensive eligibility for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grant program. While D.C. is already eligible for funding at the state level, it is excluded at the municipality level even though the District provides both state- and municipality-level services.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today’s joint House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Committee on House Administration anti-home rule hearing, purporting to be about election integrity in D.C., demonstrated the Republican commitment to reducing access to voting in D.C. and the country. In the hearing, Republicans argued in support of their upcoming American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act, which would make it more difficult to vote and administer elections in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks, as prepared for delivery, from speaking on the House floor yesterday for a bill to authorize use of Capitol grounds for the annual Greater Washington Soap Box Derby.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – During Pride Month, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reintroduced her District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act to end the unique applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) to the District of Columbia. RFRA, which provides more protection for religious exercise than the First Amendment requires, applies to the federal government, the D.C. government and the territorial governments, but not to state governments. Norton's bill would ensure the District is treated the same as states, while defending LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights in D.C.