Press Releases
October 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), which has held four hearings on the September 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, today said that even Benghazi Select Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) conceded in interviews that no new information was revealed at yesterday’s unprecedented 11-hour hearing.
October 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will give greetings and mention the busy week in Congress for the District of Columbia at the D.C. Federation of Civic Associations (DCFCA) 85th Annual Awards Ceremony and Scholarship Luncheon on Saturday, October 24, 2015, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., at the Navy Yard’s Catering and Conference Center (1454 Parsons Ave. SE, Building 211).
October 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, said today she believes that the residents of the District of Columbia and the region will be relieved that the Protect Riders of Metrorail Public Transportation (PROMPT) Act of 2015 is assured of passage.
October 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, announced that her major legislative priorities for the District of Columbia and the nation, including her amendment to implement direct federal safety oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority (WMATA) Metrorail, were included in the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 (STRR), which passed the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today.
October 21, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement as hundreds of airport contract workers from around the nation rallied at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to fight for a living wage of $15 per hour, affordable benefits and the right to organize without intimidation.
October 21, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), in opposing a bill to reauthorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program, today tried to protect students who are already in the program by allowing every current voucher student to remain until their graduation.
October 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) for a roundtable discussion with Howard University students on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. – noon, at Howard’s Founders Library Browsing Room (500 Howard PL. NW).
October 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today introduced the Protect Riders of Metrorail Public Transportation (PROMPT) Act of 2015 with Congresswomen Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) and Barbara Comstock (R-VA), both of whom also serve on the Highways and Transit Subcommittee.
October 20, 2015
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders today introduced the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3763), a bipartisan, multi-year surface transportation bill to reauthorize and reform federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs.
October 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify against a reauthorization bill to impose a private school voucher program on the District of Columbia at a House Rules Committee hearing scheduled for today, Tuesday, October 20, at 5:00 p.m. in H-313.