Press Releases
May 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, on Monday will introduce the Save Our National Parks Transportation Act and discuss the details at a press conference with Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) on Monday, June 1, 2015, at noon at the Arlington Memorial Bridge to bring attention to the critical condition of Arlington Memorial Bridge. U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, and National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis will also offer remarks.
May 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement regarding the U.S. State Department’s action to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Today marked the competition of the 45-day review period since the State Department informed Congress of its intention to remove Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list.
May 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced another major step that has been taken for consolidation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8. The National Park Service (NPS) has transferred eight acres located in Shepherd Parkway to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to use to make infrastructure improvements needed to accommodate the next phase of DHS’s consolidation. Earlier this month, the National Capital Planning Commission and Commission on Fine Arts approved the land transfer.
May 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Edwin D. Sloane, the U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia, for his dedicated service over the past five years following his announcement that he will resign his office effective May 31, 2015. Norton recommended Sloane to President Obama for the position, which is responsible for the enforcement of federal law throughout the District.
May 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who serves as Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee and will introduce the Save Our National Parks Transportation Act on Monday, today released a statement following the National Park Service (NPS) announcement of weight restrictions and lane closures on the Arlington Memorial Bridge scheduled to begin tomorrow, Friday, May 29.
May 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement regarding today’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to vacate (cancel) a federal district court’s decision last year that held that the budget autonomy referendum approved by D.C. voters in 2013 was invalid.
May 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her 2015 Small Business Fair will take place on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW). The event is free of charge, open only to D.C. residents and D.C. small businesses, and seating is first-come, first-served. Advance registration is strongly encouraged, and interested groups should register online by clicking here or visiting www.norton.house.gov.
May 26, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her comments to the U.S. Marine Corps regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the project in the District of Columbia to rebuild the Marine barracks known as Bachelor Enlisted Quarters Building 20, saying it would be “unacceptable for the U.S. Marine Corps to select one of three alternative sites that are privately owned or leased.”
May 25, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement honoring the tremendous sacrifices of District of Columbia servicemembers who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces and their families:
May 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition during an awards ceremony for students, parents and teachers tomorrow, Thursday, May 21, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Ronald Regan National Airport’s Historic Terminal A lobby.