Press Releases
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will speak at the Grand Opening Premiere Night Celebration for the new Cathedral Commons Giant tonight, November 6, at 6:00 p.m. at 3336 Wisconsin Avenue NW.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the overwhelming victory of the District of Columbia's marijuana legalization initiative (Initiative 71), together with the victories for marijuana legalization initiatives in Oregon and Alaska, gives her significant ammunition to defend D.C.'s initiative from congressional interference. She also alerted D.C. residents that, given threats by Members of Congress to try to block legalization in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reassured District of Columbia residents that she will defend the District's marijuana legalization initiative (Initiative 71), expected to be overwhelmingly approved tonight, from any and all congressional attempts to block or overturn it. However, Norton warned residents that Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) is still looking for ways to undo the will of D.C. residents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she very much appreciated Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) comments to Roll Call today about the District of Columbia's marijuana legalization initiative, and said she will be sending him a note thanking him for his principled support for D.C. home rule. District voters are expected to approve an initiative today legalizing marijuana.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Thursday led a special tour of the House Floor for 50 Anacostia High School students. Large groups of visitors and residents, including students, can only visit the House Floor with a Member of Congress present, making visits rare. Following a briefing about what takes place on the House Floor, especially for District of Columbia bills, the students visited the Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, which began on Saturday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) cannot ignore the official conclusion that the Washington football team's name is derogatory, as found by the federal agency charged to make the decision, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She said that the FCC, after appropriate hearings, should use its precedent in deciding whether the use of the derogatory name by broadcast television and radio stations can continue.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that Norton will read a monologue in the play "Our War" tomorrow, Saturday, November 1, at 2:00 p.m. at Arena Stage, 1101 6th St SW.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today received a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association (APA). Norton was awarded the Presidential Citation in recognition of her decades of human rights and congressional work, and for her sponsorship and cosponsorship of legislation that promotes human and civil rights, fair labor practices, affordable health care, and increased access to mental health care services. The announcement of the award comes a week after Norton spoke at the opening of a new Unity Health Care center in southeast D.C.