Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will host a Women's History Month public Roundtable-Speak-Out entitled, "On the Offensive: Protecting Reproductive Choice Against State and Federal Attacks," on Tuesday, March 24, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the George Washington University Hospital Auditorium (900 23rd St. NW).
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), today released the following statement after reports that two U.S. Secret Service agents were involved in an alcohol-related car accident outside of the White House's security barricades:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reaffirmed her commitment to defend two anti-discrimination bills that the District of Columbia transmitted to Congress on March 6, after the Heritage Foundation and other conservative organizations once again called on Congress to pass disapproval resolutions to overturn these two bills during the congressional review period.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, will be honored by the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) at their 4th annual Women Who Move the Nation awards ceremony tomorrow, March 11, from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the J.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, tomorrow will address the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) 40th Annual Legislative Conference at 9:00 a.m. at the J.W. Marriot Hotel (1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW).
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the funeral service for former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, the nation's first popularly elected African American senator, on Tuesday, March 10, at 11:00 a.m. at the Washington National Cathedral (3101 Wisconsin Avenue NW). U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced Marie Johns as the newest member of Norton's Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission. The Commission screens and recommends candidates for important federal law enforcement positions in D.C from whom Norton chooses to send to the President as her recommendation.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—After requesting a waiver to allow sledding on Capitol Grounds for this snowstorm was denied last night by the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tomorrow will join a bipartisan delegation of Members of Congress traveling to Selma, Alabama to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and Bloody Sunday, which occurred on March 7, 1965, when hundreds of civil rights activists of every background marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and were met w