Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was grateful to Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), after the Senate yesterday passed his bill by unanimous consent to modernize and improve the daily operations of the District of Columbia Courts, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued an advance copy of her floor remarks supporting the Iran nuclear agreement and deploring the denial of a vote to District of Columbia residents on the agreement.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, on the first day of the National Football League (NFL) season, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to prohibit the NFL from receiving an exemption from federal antitrust laws as long as it allows the Washington football team to use the term “Redskins.”

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give the keynote address at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s (ASALH) Centennial Founders’ Day, today, Wednesday, September 9, 2015, beginning at 4:00 p.m., at Shiloh Baptist Church (1510 9th St. NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she sent condolences to her friend and civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson on the loss of his mother, Helen Burns Jackson, who passed away yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Concerned that Congress continues to ignore its obligation to help stem the spike in gun violence in the District of Columbia and across the nation, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that when Congress returns from recess on Tuesday, September 8, she will introduce a resolution calling on Congress to address the backlog of pending gun violence prevention bills and to honor the victims of gun violence.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will represent the Congressional Black Caucus and will offer remarks at a press conference focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement today, Wednesday, September 2, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at the National Press Club (529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the Congresswoman’s statement supporting the final nuclear deal reached among Iran, the United States and the five major nuclear world powers.