Press Releases
January 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke on the House floor during debate on the rules for the 118th Congress. The rule package passed last night removes the floor privileges of D.C.’s mayor, despite granting governors of states and 16 other categories of people – including foreign ministers – floor privileges.
January 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she introduced the District of Columbia statehood bill for the 118th Congress today with 165 original cosponsors. The bill passed the House for the first time in history in June of 2020 and passed again in April of 2021.
January 9, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) urged the National Zoo today to reevaluate its policy requiring visitors to reserve passes ahead of time, saying the policy deters both visits from those without access to a smartphone or the internet and spontaneous visits. In addition, the requirement differs from the standard Smithsonian policy of not requiring passes for entry.
January 6, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the two-year anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and called for Congress to give the District of Columbia mayor control over the D.C. National Guard.
President Biden Renominates Ana Reyes, Norton's Recommendation, for the U.S. District Court for D.C.
January 4, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Biden renominated Norton’s recommendation, Ana Reyes, for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Although Reyes was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in August, renomination was required because a new Congress convened before Reyes received full Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Reyes will be the first Hispanic woman and first openly LGBTQ person ever to serve on that court. Norton's first two recommendations to Biden for the same court, Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate and are serving on the bench.
January 4, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Biden signed her Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act, which would authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the contributions of the women who kept the home front running during World War II, into law. The bill was included as part of the omnibus appropriations package. The idea for the memorial came from Norton’s constituent Raya Kenney, who has been advocating tirelessly for it for more than a decade. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).
January 3, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that even before the opening of the new Congress at noon today, her D.C. statehood bill for the 118th Congress has 149 original cosponsors. The bill passed the House for the first time in history in June of 2020, and passed again in April of 2021.
January 2, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to designate the post office at 400 Southern Avenue SE in the District of Columbia as the “District of Columbia Servicemembers and Veterans Post Office” was signed into law. The House passed the bill in December.
December 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Biden today signed into law her provisions authorizing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct studies on a secondary drinking water source and additional drinking water storage capability for the District of Columbia, swimming in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers in D.C., and flooding in the Federal Triangle area of D.C. The provisions are included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA).
December 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that her Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act, which would authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the contributions of the women who kept the home front running during World War II, passed the Senate as part of the fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. The House is expected to pass the omnibus, and the president is expected to sign it into law, this week. The idea for the memorial came from Norton’s constituent Raya Kenney, who has been advocating tirelessly for it for more than a decade. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).