Press Releases

Norton Press Conference with National Coalition to Defend D.C. Anti-Discrimination Bill Before Markup, Today

April 20, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released Norton’s remarks for the press conference today at 10:30 a.m. in 2203 Rayburn House Office Building to defend the District of Columbia’s Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Act from being overturned by Congress.

Norton to Visit D.C. Liberty Pole on National Mall to Support Statehood Advocates, Today

April 20, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at 3:00 p.m. will join advocates from the District of Columbia and across the nation who have been rallying at a free speech vigil at 3rd Street NW on the National Mall the past six days to call for equal rights and full voting representation in Congress for the District’s 650,000 residents.

Update: OGR Will Not Mark Up D.C. LGBT Disapproval Resolution; Norton Press Conference with Coalition to Focus Exclusively on Resolution to Overturn D.C. Bill Protecting Employees from Discrimination Based on Reproductive Health Decisions

April 17, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was pleased to receive confirmation from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) that the disapproval resolution to overturn a District of Columbia bill protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students from discrimination by educational institutions, the Human Rights Amendme

Norton to Host Press Conference with Religious, Reproductive, and LGBT Coalition to Defend D.C. Anti-Discrimination Bills From Congressional Attacks, Monday

April 17, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The day before a House committee seeks to overturn a District of Columbia bill protecting employees from discrimination based on their reproductive health decisions, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a press conference with a coalition of local and national organizations to defend the city's right to home rule on Monday, April 20, at a time a

Norton to March in Emancipation Day Parade After Speaking at Emancipation Day Breakfast This Morning

April 16, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will help lead the annual D.C. Emancipation Day Parade beginning at 11:00 a.m. along Pennsylvania Avenue, starting at Fourth Street and ending at Freedom Plaza. Norton this morning spoke at the annual D.C. Emancipation Day Prayer Breakfast.

Norton Says Response to Gyrocopter Incident Must Maintain Balance Between Security Concerns and Public Access

April 16, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—After a man, Dough Hughes, landed a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol yesterday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, today warned against an overreaction by security officials and urged collaboration between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and security officials for a proper investigation before rushing to judgment about “answers.”

Norton Honored by National Down Syndrome Society as a “Champion of Change”

April 15, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today was honored by the National Down Syndrome Society (NDSS) for her work benefitting the lives of people with Down syndrome and their families at the 2015 NDSS Champion of Change Congressional Breakfast Reception.

Norton to Offer Safe Drinking Water Amendment to Republican Bill Targeting the Clean Water Act

April 15, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will offer an amendment today at the markup of H.R. 1732, the so-called “Regulatory Integrity Protection Act,” to try to keep Republicans from undermining current regulatory efforts to protect clean water sources.

Norton Wonders Why Representatives Black and Hartlzer Would Introduce Disapproval Resolutions Permitting Discrimination Against Women and LGBT Students in Violation of Their Own Local Control Principles

April 15, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Not long after a disapproval resolution was introduced on Monday that would license discrimination against District of Columbia women in the workplace, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) pledged to fight yet another disapproval resolution introduced yesterday that would permit discrimination against LGBT students by their own universities.

After Showing D.C. Residents Pay Highest Federal Taxes Per Capita in Nation This Morning, Norton to Close out Her D.C. Emancipation Week Speeches with Special Order Hour on House Floor, Tonight

April 15, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tonight will conclude her District of Columbia Emancipation Week floor speeches by hosting a special order hour on the House floor at 6:00 p.m. tonight in preparation for Emancipation Day, Thursday, April 16.