Press Releases
November 17, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, will speak at a press conference to announce the creation of a Transgender Equality Task Force, of which she is a founding member, today, Tuesday, November 16, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., at the House Triangle (SE corner of U.S. Capitol).
November 16, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will give remarks this evening, Monday, November 16, 2015, at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (Madison Dr. NW, between 14th and 15th Streets NW) at 5:30 p.m., to open the museum’s “Commemorate and Celebrate Freedom” three-day event, which marks the completion of the museum’s external construction.
November 16, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, and one of the “Big Four” transportation leaders that introduced the six-year surface transportation bill that passed the House earlier this month, today will manage a short-term surface transportation reauthorization bill on the House floor that will extend Federal transportation programs until December 4, 2015.
November 16, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the briefing on District of Columbia statehood with a screening of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver D.C. statehood segment followed by a question and answer segment, scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2015, must be postponed.
November 12, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today issued the following statement following reports that a U.S. Secret Service uniformed officer has been charged with soliciting a 14-year-old girl for sex, the result of a sting operation.
November 12, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced a victory for the Glover Park community in the agreement by the National Park Service (NPS) to consider installing a feature in Glover Archbold Park honoring Rachel Carson, the environmental pioneer and an inspiration for the development of the environmental movement.
November 11, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her deep gratitude to District of Columbia veterans and other veterans across the nation for their service and sacrifice and introduced a new bill for veterans.
November 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, today released a report she requested from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) on the status of GSA holdover leases in the National Capital Region (NCR).
November 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that when Congress returns from recess next week, Norton will introduce a bill to require certain officials who serve the District of Columbia to live in the city.
November 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” community conversation with the Penn Branch Citizens Civic Association tonight, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church (3000 Pennsylvania Ave. SE).