Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at a ceremony hosted by Vice President Joe Biden at the White House at 1:00 p.m. in praise of the enactment of the long-sought Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act. Norton was among the cosponsors of the ABLE Act, which was signed into law by President Obama last December.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at the lease signing ceremony marking a partnership between the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH), a federal institution, and Creative Minds International Public Charter School (CMI) at the Armed Forces Retirement Home Sherman Building South (140 Rock Creek Church Rd. NW) at 2:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will give remarks to honor the D.C. Army National Guard's 1946th Support Detachment's return home at a Freedom Salute at the D.C. Armory (2001 East Capitol St. SE) at 3:00p.m. Norton has seen off every deployment and welcomed home every return of the D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Paperwork Reduction Act to eliminate the congressional review period for legislation passed by the D.C. Council. The mandatory congressional review period imposes wholly unnecessary administrative costs on the D.C. government, Congress and D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Obama's fiscal year 2016 budget contains Norton's major D.C. funding and policy priorities, including a provision to allow D.C.'s budget and laws to take effect immediately upon passage by the city.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she will stoutly defend two bills recently signed by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser from congressional interference, after a conservative group yesterday called on Congress to pass disapproval resolutions to overturn the bills. The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act would prohibit D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2015, her second bill of the 114th Congress, to allow D.C.'s local budget to take effect after it is approved by the city without congressional approval.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has written President Barack Obama requesting he include in his fiscal year 2016 budget continued funding for the construction of the consolidated headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8 in the District of Columbia.