Press Releases
July 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that House Republicans must take responsibility for the fact the Confederate flag continues to fly in Congress. Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), in a privileged motion, forced a vote on a resolution to remove any state flag that contains any portion of the Confederate flag from the House side of the U.S. Capitol.
July 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), will make her third trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to inspect the facilities used to hold terrorist suspects this weekend, beginning tomorrow, Friday, July 10, 2015.
July 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes vocalist Kendrick Lytes for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance today, Thursday, July 9, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW.
July 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the ranking member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today released a letter she wrote to Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy and National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis to arrange a meeting to discuss bike and pedestrian access to the Pennsylvania Avenue plaza and Lafayette Park area in front of the White House.
July 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In light of the Office of Personal Management’s (OPM) announcement today that a second data breach on OPM databases has affected more than 21.5 million federal employees and retirees, five times more than the 4.2 million individuals reported in the first data breach, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), announced she will introduce legislation with Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) to provide free lifetime identity theft protection coverage to federal employees and retirees whose personnel data has been compromised.
July 8, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a leader in the effort to cancel the Washington Football Team’s trademark, celebrated today’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee upholding last year’s decision by the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that the term “Redskins” is disparaging to Native Americans and therefore is ineligible for federal trademark registration.
July 8, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), today said that her office is in contact with District of Columbia Postmaster Gerald Roane’s office about the planned closing of the Petworth Post Office (4211 9th St. NW), which will take effect on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.
July 7, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will help cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the new Ben’s Chili Bowl at 1001 H Street NE tomorrow, Wednesday, July 8, at 11:00 a.m.
July 7, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes artist Princess Best for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance today, Tuesday, July 7, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW.
July 4, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will walk in today’s Palisades Fourth of July Parade with the Girl Scouts of Greater Washington, D.C. in what has become the District of Columbia’s unofficial community parade.