Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) highlighted recent Data for Progress polling showing a plurality of voters, 46%, believe that President Biden should respect D.C.’s autonomy and right to self-governance by vetoing the disapproval resolution passed by Congress to overturn D.C.’s revised criminal code. The House passed the disapproval resolution on February 9th and the Senate passed it on March 8th.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) condemned the disapproval resolution introduced by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) and Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) that would nullify D.C.’s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act, passed by the D.C. Council, and pledged to continue working to defeat the disapproval resolution.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on Equal Pay Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, introduced three bills to help close the pay gap for women and minorities. Equal Pay Day marks the number of additional days women must work to earn what men earned the prior year. Norton's Pay Equity for All Act would prohibit employers from asking job applicants for their salary history before making a job or salary offer. Norton's Fair Pay Act would require that if men and women are doing comparable work, they must be paid comparable wages. Norton's Salary Transparency Act would require employers to provide the salary range for jobs in advertisements and interviews and to existing employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that President Biden's fiscal year 2024 budget includes several significant victories for the District of Columbia that she requested.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Senate voted to pass the disapproval resolution to overturn the local D.C. Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke at a “Hands Off D.C.” rally today, emphasizing that the federal government should leave local D.C. laws to D.C. residents and D.C.’s own duly-elected public officials. The Senate is expected to vote on a disapproval resolution that would nullify local D.C.’s Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA) today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to establish an inspector general for the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB), which manages the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a retirement plan available to federal employees and members of the armed services.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a virtual town hall meeting open to all District of Columbia residents with representatives from the National Park Service (NPS), National Zoo (Zoo), and District Department of Transportation (DDOT) on Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. The event will be open to the public and to members of the media and will provide a forum for questions, comments and concerns about federal parks in D.C., the Zoo’s timed entry pass policy, and Zoo Loop Trail.