Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer opening remarks at the 139^th birthday commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, tonight, December 19, around 6:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee, today said the review of the Secret Service, compiled by the U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, contains key recommendations that she pushed for earlier this year.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton's statement on the Obama Administration's efforts to normalize diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —In response to the troubling increase in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in recent years, Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), are asking the Government Accountability Office to investigate trends and causes of accidents involving pedestrians and bicycles and to make recommendations about improving safety.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that, with the confirmation last night of the last pending District of Columbia federal district court judge she has recommended to President Obama, Amit Mehta, all ten of Norton's district court judge recommendations to President Obama have been confirmed by the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) requesting that the House rules for the 114th Congress permit the District of Columbia delegate to vote on the House floor in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Both the U.S.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United Planning Organization Inspire Foundation, in conjunction with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), will host the 25th Annual Capitol Hill Holiday Party for underprivileged children in the District of Columbia at the Capitol on Wednesday, December 17, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the final fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), now heading to President Obama's desk for his signature, protects the District of Columbia from further federal interference at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and the D.C. War Memorial, as she requested.