Press Releases
Norton Says Temporary Security Improvements to White House Fence Will Ensure Continued Public Access
May 7, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today said she appreciated the National Capital Planning Commission’s quick approval of temporary security enhancements to the White House complex.
May 6, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that one of her oldest priorities, restoration of the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in the Shaw neighborhood, is moving forward with the National Park Service (NPS) awarding a $5.6 million contract to Perini Management Services to begin the restoration project.
May 6, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) 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 tomorrow, Thursday, May 7, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. in 234 Cannon House Office Building.
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.