Press Releases
September 9, 2015
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).
September 8, 2015
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.
September 3, 2015
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.
September 2, 2015
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).
September 2, 2015
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.
August 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today the second Washington Monument elevator breakdown in two days may show a new chronic problem that must be fixed.
August 26, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has been in touch with National Park Service (NPS) officials about yesterday’s malfunction of the Washington Monument elevator, which left 63 visitors and two pregnant women needing assistance in getting down from the top of the Monument.
August 24, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) opened today school by cutting the ribbon on a new cafeteria at Bruce-Monroe at Park View, the elementary school she attended. Norton used the first day of District of Columbia Public Schools to announce that when Congress returns from recess, she will introduce the Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2015.
August 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Chuck Brown’s birthday, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton introduced a resolution designating his birthday, August 22, as “Chuck Brown Day,” in honor of the contributions of the “Godfather of Go-Go,” who died on May 16, 2012.
August 21, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she could not be more pleased by the level of care and the attention nearly 100 D.C. area employers gave D.C. residents at her Job Fair today at the Convention Center, where residents met with employers from every sector throughout the region.