Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced nearly 100 employers have registered for her annual Job Fair that will be held tomorrow, Friday, August 21, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon PL NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C.—At the request of Julian Bond’s family, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join his friends and supporters throughout the nation to remember him by gathering at a body of water on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. and spreading flower petals to bid him farewell.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on the passing of former Congressman Louis B. Stokes.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued the following statement on the life of her friend and Civil Rights leader Julian Bond.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent former President Jimmy Carter, who appointed her as the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a personal note of encouragement for his recovery from cancer, which was announced earlier this week.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a meeting with supporters of the New Columbia Admission Act (H.R. 317), her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, today, Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. in 2253 Rayburn House Office Building.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at noon will visit Right Proper Brewing Company (624 T St. NW), one of a new sector of seven local craft breweries operating in the District of Columbia that she is promoting as an example of the District expanding its brand beyond the national monuments and federal government.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement concerning White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest’s statements on statehood for the District of Columbia.