Press Releases
October 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) for working with her today to unanimously pass out of committee Senator Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) bill 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).
October 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the House Oversight and Government Committee (OGR), as expected, passed a bill to reauthorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program on a party-line vote, but Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was able to make some progress on her effort to eliminate fly-by-night voucher schools, which rely solely on the voucher program for their existence.
October 8, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released an advance copy of her prepared opening statement ahead of a House Oversight and Government Committee (OGR) markup of a bill to reauthorize the District of Columbia private school voucher program tomorrow, Friday, October 9, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.
October 8, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today phoned Channing D. Phillips, Senior Counselor to the U.S. Attorney General, to congratulate him on his nomination by President Obama to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
October 7, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a ribbon cutting ceremony today, Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., at Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant (5000 Overlook Avenue SW), at which the DC Water and Sewage Authority (DC Water) will dedicate its latest green project, the DC Water Digester Project, which is the first thermal hydrolysis facility in North America and the largest in the world.
October 7, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the bill introduced by District of Columbia Council Chairman Phil Mendelson to allow undocu
October 7, 2015
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.”
October 6, 2015
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.
October 6, 2015
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.
October 5, 2015
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.