Press Releases
May 6, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the tragic death of District of Columbia resident Lt. Kevin McRae, a 24-year veteran of the DC Fire and EMS Department, who died in the line of duty while battling a fire in a 7th Street NW apartment building in the Shaw neighborhood this morning.
May 5, 2015
WASHINGTON – As the 2015 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill comes before Congress, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), along with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11), Don Beyer (D-VA-8), and Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) urged the Congress not to exacerbate overburdened operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport by adding more flight traffic.
May 5, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she will host a press conference with District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and a coalition of national organizations to defend the city’s local laws from attacks on multiple issues during the upcoming fiscal year 2016 appropriations process on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. in 234 Cannon House Office Building.
May 4, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that when the House returns from recess next week she will introduce the Racial Profiling Prevention Act to reestablish a federal grant program for states that desire to develop racial profiling laws, collect and maintain data on traffic stops, design programs to reduce racial profiling, and train law enforcement officers.
May 1, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that both District of Columbia anti-discrimination laws that Republicans in the House and Senate tried to overturn through disapproval resolutions will take effect tomorrow, May 2.
May 1, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a Newseum event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at the Newseum’s Annenberg Theater (555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW), along with former Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), civil rights leader Julian Bond, and moderated by veteran journalist Steven Roberts.
April 30, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that House floor debate on a resolution to overturn a District of Columbia anti-discrimination law, which Norton will manage for House Democrats, will begin tonight at approximately 9:00 p.m. Following debate, the House will vote on the resolution.
April 30, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked her good friend Representative Sam Farr (D-CA), a member of the House Committee on Appropriations, for his provision, passed by the committee, that urges non-enforcement of a law that prohibits sledding on Capitol Grounds.
April 30, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the Obama administration for issuing a statement of administration policy strongly opposing the disapproval resolution to overturn the District of Columbia Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act (RHNDA), which will be debated at 9:00 p.m. tonight and then voted on.
April 30, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be honored by Bright Beginnings, an early childhood development center for homeless families in the District of Columbia, for her commitment to the health and welfare of homeless children and families tonight, April 30, 7:00 p.m., at the Bank of America Penthouse Suite (730 15th St. NW). Bright Beginnings’ “Birth-to-Five” program serves 157 homeless youth every day, providing them with a safe environment to develop and learn.