Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tomorrow will commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at two events. Norton will give the keynote address at the opening ceremony of George Washington University's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reports that the District of Columbia statehood bill's 93 original cosponsors, a record number of Members who cosponsored the bill before its introduction, ranks in the top 1% of the 662 bills introduced thus far in the 114th Congress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will tour the Anacostia River Tunnel Project Site in Southeast Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 16 at 1:00 PM, and will be joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that an additional $48.6 million for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consolidation at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8 was included in the fiscal year 2015 DHS Appropriations bill, which passed the House today.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Building on the unprecedented hearing in the Senate last Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), today introduced her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, with a record number of original cosponsors. Last Congress was history-making for the District's efforts to achieve statehood.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement regarding yesterday's Metro incident that resulted in one death, two critical injuries, and 84 passengers being treated for smoke inhalation and various injuries:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a remembrance of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, whose funeral service was held Tuesday, January 6, 2015.
For Mario Cuomo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered her thoughts on the announcement that her friend, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), will not be seeking reelection to the U.S. Senate.