Press Releases

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

April 20, 2015

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 Amendment Act (HRAA), will be not be marked up at any point this Congress by the Committee. OGR had originally scheduled a markup for Thursday, April 16, of a disapproval resolution to overturn the D.C.

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 and location to be determined. This week, disapproval resolutions were introduced to overturn the D.C.

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.

Norton Commemorates Equal Pay Day by Introducing Bill to Protect Women from Wage Discrimination in Gender-Based Jobs

April 14, 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who enforced both the 1963 Equal Pay Act and the 1964 Civil Rights Act as the first woman to chair the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today introduced the Fair Pay Act of 2015 (FPA), to help eliminate the gender wage gap by requiring that if men and women are doing comparable work, they are to be paid comparable wages. The FPA would allow women to prove that some or all of their wage disparity is gender-based where jobs are comparable but not identical to men's jobs.