Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today released the following statement on two separate incidents that occurred outside the White House grounds last night and this morning:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, will host a roundtable discussion on policing in communities of color, entitled "Racial Profiling – What Next after Ferguson and New York City," on Tuesday, March 3, at 1:00 p.m. in 2167 Rayburn Hou
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will give the keynote address at a Black History Program hosted by the General Services Administration (GSA) Benjamin Banneker Chapter (BBC) of Blacks in Government (BIG) at the GSA Conference Center(1800 F Street NW, rooms 1459-1461) from 12:30 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today decried "unnecessarily hostile congressional reactions" to the District of Columbia's marijuana reform law, Initiative 71, which takes effect on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wrote U.S. Capitol Police Board Chair Frank Larkin urging the board to overturn of the prohibition on sledding on the Capitol Grounds. She said it should not take an act of Congress to get reasonable regulations that allow sledding on Capitol Grounds. "Americans should be able to sled on America's front lawn," Norton wrote.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will give remarks at the Capitol Hill Business Improvement District's (BID) Annual Membership Breakfast at the Hill Center (921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE), 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she sees no reason why the end of the 30-day congressional review period for the District of Columbia's self-executing marijuana legalization initiative, Initiative 71, on Wednesday should be eventful if Members attend to their own business and principles. The initiative takes effect on Thursday.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Local Prosecutor Establishment Act of 2015 to establish a local prosecutor's office, designated under local law, to prosecute all local crimes in the District of Columbia. Currently, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, a federal official, prosecutes most of D.C.'s criminal laws.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will give closing remarks at a discussion among different generations of women civil rights leaders about their roles in fighting for change and how they are continuing that movement today. First Lady Michelle Obama will give opening remarks at the event.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host her 15th annual Tax Preparation and Financial Services Fair for District of Columbia residents on Saturday, February 21, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. – noon at the Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon Place NW). Low and moderate-income D.C.