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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her recommendation to President Biden, Ana Reyes, was confirmed by the Senate for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Once sworn in, Reyes will be the first Hispanic woman and first openly LGBTQ person ever to serve on that court. Norton's first two recommendations to Biden for the same court, Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate and are serving on the bench.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks as prepared for delivery from her speech on the House floor yesterday opposing the disapproval resolution to overturn the local D.C. legislation allowing noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks as prepared for delivery from her speech on the House floor this morning opposing the disapproval resolution that would overturn D.C.’s revised criminal code.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she will work with her colleagues to ensure the disapproval resolutions of two pieces of local D.C. legislation that passed the House today do not pass the Senate. One disapproval resolution would overturn the local D.C. legislation allowing noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections and the other would overturn D.C.’s revised criminal code. The Biden Administration has released a Statement of Administration Policy opposing the resolutions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today, during the second week of Black History Month, that reintroduced their bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks as prepared for delivery in advance of her speech on the House floor opposing the two disapproval resolutions introduced by Republicans that would overturn two local D.C. laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Tom Carper (D-DE) reintroduced their legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over the D.C. National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). These measures have proven necessary after the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, when D.C. Mayor Bowser’s request for additional support from the D.C. National Guard took nearly three hours to be fully approved by the Trump Administration, and after the events at Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, when the Trump administration attempted, but failed, to federalize MPD. The legislation follows the recent introduction of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act to grant the District of Columbia statehood, led by Senator Carper and Congresswoman Norton and cosponsored by Senator Van Hollen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her recommendation to President Biden, Ana Reyes, was approved for the second time by the Senate Judiciary Committee for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Although Reyes was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in August, renomination and approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee was required because a new Congress convened before Reyes received full Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Reyes will be the first Hispanic woman and first openly LGBTQ person ever to serve on that court. Norton's first two recommendations to Biden for the same court, Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate and are serving on the bench.