Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following yesterday's release of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) investigation into the Secret Service's response to the White House breach by Omar Gonzalez, Norton called for an immediate top-to-bottom review of the Secret Service that focuses on "internal and seriously flawed systemic problems" with the agency. The DHS report, released yesterday, pointed out numerous security lapses, including malfunctioning radios and alarm systems, and unprepared agents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will get up to an hour on the House floor today, November 14^th, around 2:00 p.m., to defend the District of Columbia's democratically passed marijuana legalization initiative, Initiative 71, and to speak about the progress of District of Columbia statehood and how to keep the progress going as we move into the 114^th Congress. She asked for the time in light of the threats to overturn Initiative 71 and in advance of the D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will be speaking at a rally entitled "Stop Delaying America's Mail" tomorrow, Friday, November 14, at 9:30 a.m. in front of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza.

WASHINGTON, D.C – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Randolph Moss, Norton's recommendation for the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, was confirmed by the Senate today. Norton recommended Moss to President Obama. Moss, a graduate of Yale Law School and an editor of the Law Review, served in the Clinton administration as an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, and is the current chair of the Regulatory and Government Affairs Department at law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released Norton's written remarks ahead of a press conference she and other Members of Congress whose states have legalized or relaxed restrictions on marijuana and who support the District of Columbia's right to legalize marijuana will host on how Congress should respond to local and state marijuana legalization nationwide, today, November 13, at 11:00 a.m. on Capitol Hill, House Press Gallery, Studio B.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, as the Members-elect came to Washington for orientation, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her letter to the 64 Members-elect of the House and Senate. She offered useful information on everything from local government matters and parking to respect for the city's local laws and its desire for statehood. The letter said that the District of Columbia, home to more than 650,000 American citizens, is "the only city on the congressional agenda" and asked new Members to respect local decisions. Norton said, "Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that would amend section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit tax-exempt status for professional sports leagues that promote or allow a member club or franchise connected to that league to benefit from the Washington football team name, a derogatory term that has officially been found offensive. Norton's bill is the House companion bill to Senator Maria Cantwell's (D-WA) bill, S. 2884.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton and other Members of Congress whose states have legalized or relaxed restrictions on marijuana and who support the District of Columbia's right to legalize marijuana will host a press conference on how Congress should respond to local and state marijuana legalization nationwide, tomorrow, Thursday November 13, at 11:00 a.m. on Capitol Hill, Studio B, House Press Gallery.