Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As they are about to leave Congress, two members of the House could not resist one last chance to bully the District of Columbia, the Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today. Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) has introduced a bill (H.R. 5755) that would prohibit the District from using automated traffic enforcement systems, such as red light and speed cameras. The bill's cosponsor is Representative Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI), who last year sought cosponsors for a similar bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today congratulated District of Columbia resident Dr. James Loeffler for being selected as a Fellow at the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. The Center brings together scholars and researchers from around the world to utilize the Library's vast resources, and to leverage their research through meaningful interactions with policymakers and the public. As a Kluge Fellow, Dr.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent her condolences to the family and friends of Michael Brown and called for peaceful protest in the town of Ferguson, Missouri and nationwide.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will appear on an hour-long program about the life and legacy of Ward 8 councilmember and former mayor of the District of Columbia Marion Barry tonight, November 24, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on WHUR's The Daily Drum radio show (96.3 FM). Norton will be joined by D.C. community leaders and reporters. The segment can be live-streamed here: https://www.whur.com/whur-96-3-listen-live/.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will attend a White House ceremony honoring nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including a posthumous award to three student civil rights activists, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were killed in Mississippi during the 1964 Freedom Summer. Norton, who spent her time in the Civil Rights Movement often in Mississippi, had pressed the White House to honor the three students with the award.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered condolences to Cora Masters Barry, Marion Christopher Barry, and the family and loved ones of Ward 8 councilmember and former mayor of the District of Columbia, Marion Barry.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today released a statement offering early congratulations to Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), the presumptive chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over District of Columbia matters, who, according to Roll Call, recently announced his general preference for more home rule for the District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will speak at the 2014 Annual Adoption Day Celebration tomorrow, Saturday, November 22, around 10:40 a.m. at the Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Avenue NW. The annual event celebrates the adoptions of children in the District of Columbia and features remarks from social workers, local officials, and adopted children. At the event, a D.C. Superior Court judge will announce the new last name for each child as they are received by their new parents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that President Obama's new measured and modest temporary Immigration Accountability Executive Actions, which feature keeping families together, was a legal and constitutional use of his presidential authority, in keeping with existing precedents to unify families torn apart by delay on immigration reform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton's recommendation for judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, her last to President Obama for this Congress, Amit Mehta, was confirmed today by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mehta, who would be the first Asian Pacific American judge on the court, was recommended by the Congresswoman to President Obama.