Press Releases
July 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes violinist and District of Columbia’s Duke Ellington School for the Arts alumnus Raycurt Johnson, also known as FIDDLA, for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance today, Thursday, July 23, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW.
July 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s markup last Thursday of a resolution authorizing $18 million for design costs for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters consolidation project at St. Elizabeths is another important indication of the intention of Congress to complete the DHS headquarters consolidation.
July 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will thank We the People For Sensible Gun Laws for their tireless activism at an event marking the group’s three years of demonstrating for gun safety reform each Monday in front of the White House, today, Monday, July 27, 2015 at 11:30 a.m. in front of the White House.
July 24, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Before she gets to join in the dancing fun at tomorrow’s National Dance Day celebration at the Kennedy Center, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will welcome to the stage the nationally-renowned Cyrus “Glitch” Spencer, runner-up on Season 9 of So You Think You Can Dance, and the celebrity host of this year’s event.
July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded the Republican-led Senate Appropriations Committee, which today approved a fiscal year 2016 District of Columbia Appropriations bill that does not contain any anti-home-rule riders, exempts D.C. from a shutdown in fiscal year 2017, and provides critical funding she requested for the District.
July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a leader in the fight against an anti-immigrant bill precipitously put on the House floor today, said that House Republicans have gone on record aligning themselves with the far-right-Trump wing of their party.
July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today became an original cosponsor of the Equality Act, a bill to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in public accommodations, housing, employment, and other core areas of American society.
July 23, 2015
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she would fight a bill introduced yesterday by Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) that would overturn a District of Columbia law that limits the circumstances under which the District will cooperate with federal immigration officials, including detention and gathering and disseminating information about a person’s immigration status.
July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes electric guitarist Jacob Chroussis for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance today, Thursday, July 23, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. Jacob is a student at Patriot High School, located in Prince William County, VA.
July 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian’s governance and fundraising capacity, marking the first significant change to the institution since it was established in 1846. Norton said her bill is particularly timely given that the Smithsonian launched a crowdfunding campaign on July 19 to raise $500,000 to preserve and display Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit.