Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following what appear to be new threats against two anti-discrimination bills recently passed by the District of Columbia Council, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she will oppose any effort to overturn the bills in the U.S. House of Representatives as strongly as she indicated last week she would oppose the disapproval resolutions introduced in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tomorrow, March 24, will speak at the ribbon cutting of the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 6th Annual Business Expo: Connections, Opportunities, and Growth held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center’s Hall D (801 Mt. Vernon Pl. NW) at 9:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution condemning Dalit untouchability, the practice of birth-descent discrimination against Dalit people, which is still widely practiced in India, Nepal, the Asian diaspora, and other South Asian nations, and calling on these countries to recognize the human rights of the Dalit people and end all forms of untouchability within their borders.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she was not surprised that, according to media reports, resolutions were introduced today by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Senator James Lankford (R-OK) to disapprove two anti-discrimination bills recently passed by the D.C. Council.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Following news reports of a bench warrant issued by Prince George’s County for former District of Columbia Congressman Walter Fauntroy, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she has been in touch with Johnny Barnes, Fauntroy’s current counsel and former congressional chief of staff; Dorothy Fauntroy, Fauntroy’s wife; and the State Department.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on House Republicans to apply the principles of federalism and local control of local affairs outlined in their fiscal year 2016 budget, released today, to the local affairs of the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Ronald Machen, the U.S. Attorney for the District Chairman, for his devoted service over the past five years following his announcement that he will resign his office effective April 1, 2015. Norton recommended Machen to President Obama for the position, which heads the largest U.S. Attorney’s Office in the country, and serves as both the local and the federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked a coalition of 53 national and local groups for its letter to members of Congress urging them to “oppose any effort in Congress, including through resolutions of disapproval, that would prevent two bills recently passed by the District of Columbia Council from taking effect.”