Press Releases
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.
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.