Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for Dynamic Concepts Inc.’s (DCI) new Washington Training Complex today, Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., at 1419 Kenilworth Avenue NE.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—After hearing concerns from her constituents about the scheduled closing of Buzzard Point Marina at the end of the year, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to the National Park Service (NPS) requesting “a community meeting in early November so that members of the public and boating community can share their concerns about the closure of the marina and the future use of the area.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, today introduced a bill to prohibit the use of electronic cigarettes and vaping devices on board airplanes following the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) rule issued yesterday prohibiting passengers and crewmembers from carrying battery-powered portable electronic smoking devices in checked baggage, which did not ban the use of these vaping devices on airplanes.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—During the week of the 14-year anniversary of the 2001 anthrax attacks, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution honoring the late Joseph Curseen, Jr. and Thomas Morris, Jr., the United States Postal Service (USPS) employees who died from anthrax inhalation while working at the USPS processing facility located at 900 Brentwood Road, NE, which is now named for them.

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.

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).

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.

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.