Press Releases
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.
May 20, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today passed her provision directing the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to sell or exchange the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Forrestal Complex, at 1000 Independence Avenue SW, and use the funds to construct a new DOE headquarters in accordance with the National Capital Planning Commission’s (NCPC) Southwest Ecodistrict Plan.
May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she hopes District of Columbia residents and federal and private workers will take advantage of 2015’s launch of Lunchtime Music on the Mall with local artist Verny Varela and his Latin band today, Tuesday, May 19, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m., on the National Mall at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW.
May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she was successful in getting a change to a law that had treated the District of Columbia government as a part of the federal government, as it was in 1958, passed today at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) markup.
May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated today’s passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a provision included in the fiscal year 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill report urging non-enforcement of a law prohibiting sledding on Capitol Grounds.
May 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a letter she sent today to U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Kim Dine requesting clarification on USCP’s policy on removing demonstrators from House and Senate committee hearings and business meetings (markups). Norton is seeking clarification after a District of Columbia resident was forcibly removed from a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on April 21 despite witness accounts that the resident was not demonstrating. The resident has since been charged with unlawful entry.
May 15, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the granddaughter of a District of Columbia firefighter, Lt. Richard Holmes, today spoke at the funeral service of D.C. firefighter Lt. Kevin McRae, a 25-year-veteran of the DC Fire and EMS Department (DCFEMS), who tragically died in the line of duty while battling a fire in a 7th Street NW apartment building in the Shaw neighborhood on May 6.
May 15, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in a dialogue on equality and civil rights hosted by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington (GMCW) with other District of Columbia leaders on Saturday, May 16, at the Lincoln Theater (1215 U St. NW) at 5:15 p.m., following the matinee performance of GMCW’s “Born This Way” concert.