Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted the House Republican leadership for sending to the Rule Committee, at the request of the House’s most conservative Members, a disapproval resolution to overturn the District of Columbia Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act (RHNDA), which would prohibit employers from discriminating against employees, their spouses, and their dependents because of their private reproductive health decisions. Norton will testify against the disapproval resolution at today’s Rules Committee markup, scheduled for 3:00 p.m. in H-313.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a community discussion on airplane noise affecting neighborhoods in the District of Columbia, including the Palisades, Foxhall, and Bellevue, on Tuesday, May 5, at the Palisades Recreation Center (5200 Sherier PL NW), from 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. The public meeting will feature officials from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), who will also hear residents’ concerns and answer questions.

Joint statement issued by Reps. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-VA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Donna F. Edwards (D-MD), John P. Sarbanes (D-MD), John K. Delaney (D-MD), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-D):

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today reintroduced the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act ahead of tomorrow’s committee hearing investigating the security of the nation’s capital’s airspace after a man landed a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on April 15. Norton, who has urged against an overreaction by security officials to incidents that close off public spaces, introduced her bill to balance legitimate security concerns with public access.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today decried the House Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill, released today, for cutting in half federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) from $150 million to $75 million.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Policy Symposium today, April 28, at 11:00 a.m., at the 20 F Street NW Conference Center. The all-day symposium will bring industry leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs to discuss the rules and regulations that need to be developed at the federal and state levels governing cannabis.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the investiture ceremony of Judge Randolph Moss to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, today at 4:30 p.m. at 333 Constitution Avenue NW.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today hailed the 14-5 vote by the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee rejecting Chairman David Vitter’s (R-LA) request to issue a subpoena to the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority for the private, confidential employer applications submitted by the House and Senate for Members of Congress and their staff to enroll in the District’s small business exchange.