Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the death of a promising young District of Columbia resident, activist A.J. Cooper, who, at age 34, suddenly passed away from a heart attack earlier today. Norton said that she has spoken with Peggy Cooper Cafritz, her good friend and A.J.'s aunt, to express her condolences, and she sends her thoughts and prayers to the entire family and friends of A.J. Cooper.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said she was very pleased by the Senate confirmation of Charlotte Burrows as a new EEOC Commissioner, as well as the confirmation of P. David Lopez for his second term as EEOC General Counsel. Norton met with both and later sent a letter of support to the Senate with Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was pleased that the final fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), released yesterday, contains two wins for the District of Columbia: a provision that re-designates Pershing Park as the World War I Memorial, laying to rest any possible nationalization of D.C.'s War Memorial, and, for the third-straight year, does not contain Representative Phil Gingrey's (R-GA) anti-home-rule gun amendment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that after her negotiations with the House and Senate Armed Services Committees she supports compromise language contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (NDAA), released last night, to dispose of the old Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Building and its attachments (Pathology Building) on the portion of the land at the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) site expected to go to the State Department, as requested by Children's National Medical Center.
(Norton delivers a speech on the House floor about the Michael Brown tragedy - 12/1/14)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a World AIDS Day event Monday, December 1, at 11:45 a.m. at the United Methodist Building in the District of Columbia (100 Maryland Avenue, NE).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will mark Small Business Saturday, a national day that celebrates small businesses in local communities, on Saturday, November 29, at 2:00 p.m. by visiting Nubian Hueman Boutique Lounge (1231 Good Hope Road SE). She will be accompanied by the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Maria Contreras-Sweet. Nubian Hueman is an ethic-centered art and fashion boutique in southeast District of Columbia. According to U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will speak at the George Didden Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony this Saturday, November 29, at 5:50 p.m. at 8th Street and Pennsylvania Ave SE, the Northeast quadrant of the Eastern Market Metro Plaza, her home community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will begin Thanksgiving weekend by speaking at the Fourth Annual Military Thanksgiving Dinner, Friday, November 28, at 6:20 p.m. at Arena Stage (1101 6th St. SW). The event takes place in gratitude to servicemembers and their families.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was pleased with the initial progress that followed last month's "Capital Parks East Town Hall," the first to be held concerning National Park Service (NPS) parks east of the Anacostia River. In the weeks since Norton's town hall, the stakeholders have moved on two of the four action items of concern east of the river.