Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since discussing an alternative interpretation of the anti-home-rule marijuana rider in the fical year 2015 omnibus spending bill, the Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has received inquiries on the legal basis for implementing the District of Columbia's voter-passed marijuana legalization intiative.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will speak about the 40^th anniversary of the Home Rule Act and the 50^th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and be honored at a ceremony by the Steering Committee of the District of Columbia Bar's D.C. Affairs Section tonight, Thursday, December 11, at 6:45 p.m. at the law firm Venable LLC (575 7^th Street NW).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Although the House Rules Committee rejected, as expected, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) amendments to strike the anti-home-rule D.C. marijuana and abortion riders from the fiscal year 2015 omnibus spending bill this evening, she said she accomplished her primary purpose of putting on the record the alternative interpretation of the marijuana rider.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Upon release of the fiscal year 2015 omnibus spending bill, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will testify at a House Rules Committee hearing, today at 3:00 p.m. in support of her amendment to strike the anti-home-rule marijuana and abortion riders from the omnibus and to put on the congressional record the alternative view of the marijuana legalization provision's effect.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the Deed Signing Ceremony to celebrate the transfer of the first federal property, Building 18 at the campus of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC), from the U.S. Army to the District of Columbia, today, December 10, at 10:00 a.m. at the John A. Wilson Building, Room 509 (1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW). Building 18, once demolished, will accommodate the relocation of D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services' Engine Company 22.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that, contrary to press reports, it is far from certain that the fiscal year 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill blocks the District of Columbia from legalizing marijuana, but she called on Democrats, who control the White House and Senate and whose votes will likely be necessary for House passage, to erase any doubt by eliminating all restrictions and uncertainty on D.C.'s marijuana laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys (CCBMB), will give remarks at a National Collaborative for Health Equity briefing, entitled "Mediaxploitation: A Call for Unbiased Reporting on Boys and Men of Color," tomorrow, Wednesday, December 10, at 8:40 a.m. in the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office Building (45 Independence Ave SW).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released Norton's remarks following her press conference at 3:30 p.m. today to respond to press reports that the fiscal year 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill may block the District of Columbia from legalizing marijuana. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sam Farr (D-CA), and Jared Polis (D-CO) also made remarks at the press conference.