Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A day after joining District of Columbia college students who came to the Capitol to honor the mass shooting victims at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College and to call for national gun safety legislation, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution to designate June as “National Gun Violence Awareness Month.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today joined students from colleges across the District of Columbia at a rally in front of the Capitol in honor of those killed last week at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College and to demand national gun safety laws to prevent future mass shootings on college campuses throughout the United States.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked District of Columbia Councilmembers David Grosso (I-At Large) and Elissa Silverman (I-At Large) for introducing a bill providing 16 weeks paid leave to workers in the District and paving the way for national efforts for paid leave in the states and in Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—To mark the first day of the United States Supreme Court’s new term, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution calling on Supreme Court Justices to make themselves subject to the existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, today said that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, which have been working together to restore the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, along with other states in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, need to look closely at the tremendously successful Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), a state and federal effort that is significantly improving the Great Lakes Basin’s water quality, restoring habitats of native species, reducing invasive species, and addressing other environmental problems.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), today said there is no basis whatsoever for plans to establish a select committee to investigate Planned Parenthood, especially after OGR Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) conceded in an interview last night that his committee found no evidence that Planned Parenthood violated any laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today recommended to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) that the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) assume safety oversight responsibilities for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, said she will support the District of Columbia in setting up a rail safety office, as Maryland and Virginia have already done, so that D.C. inspectors can conduct their own rail inspections under FRA regulations.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Although the House of Representatives will likely pass a short-term continuing resolution to fund the federal government and avoid a government shutdown for two months, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her bill that would permanently allow the District of Columbia government to spend its local funds at the start of each fiscal year, preventing D.C. government shutdowns if Congress has not signed the District’s appropriations bill into law.