Press Releases
June 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at Whitman-Walker Health's (WWH) official dedication of its new 42,000-square-foot medical center tomorrow, Thursday, June 4, 2015, at 4:30 p.m., at 1525 14th St. NW. The new facility has six floors dedicated to patient care, including a neighborhood pharmacy open to the public.
June 3, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce two amendments to the House fiscal year 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (THUD) bill.
June 2, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was so concerned about mechanical problems with the Washington Monument’s main elevator that have reemerged again during tourist season that she will meet with National Park Service (NPS) officials when the elevator is fixed to discuss the long-term condition of the elevator and what steps can be taken to reduce and eliminate breakdowns in the future. NPS has closed the Monument to visitors until Thursday, June 4.
June 2, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today raised questions about train engineer fatigue and the impact of Amtrak’s proposed 12-hour work schedules at an oversight hearing on the May 12, 2015, Amtrak accident, which killed 8 passengers and injured more than 200.
June 1, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nearing the one-year anniversary of her meeting with her Congressional Latino Council (CLC) in the wake of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America arriving in the District of Columbia, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today met with CLC and other Latino leaders to update needed actions and to compile recommendations for helping unaccompanied minors and families in the District. D.C. has one of the three largest Central American communities in the United States.
June 1, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at a press conference at Memorial Bridge was joined by Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) to bring attention to the critical condition of Arlington Memorial Bridge and called on Congress to pass her bill, the introduce the Save Our National Parks Transportation Act, which she introduced today.
June 1, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will hold her annual Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff tomorrow to present a record number of 2015 nominees to the service academies and to encourage District of Columbia high school students to attend the service academies on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., at the Columbia Heights Education Campus (3101 16th St. NW).
June 1, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC—After the U.S. Capitol Police arrested a person today for bringing a gun into a House Office Building, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) asked the sponsors of a bill to eliminate almost all of the District of Columbia’s local gun safety laws why they have never introduced legislation to allow guns in the Capitol Complex and other federal buildings. In March, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) introduced a bill that would impose among the least restrictive gun laws in the country on D.C., including allowing guns in certain D.C. government buildings.
May 31, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the passing of Joseph “Beau” Biden III, son of Vice President Joe Biden, and the former Delaware Attorney General:
May 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will meet with her Congressional Latino Council (CLC) and other District of Columbia Latino leaders to update needed action concerning the state of unaccompanied children in the District on Monday, June 1, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. in her congressional office.