Press Releases
October 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that federal contract workers at federal work sites here and across the nation deserve credit for the issuance yesterday by Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez of the final rule to implement the President’s Executive Order (EO) raising the minimum wage for workers on federal service and construction contracts to $10.10 per hour.
October 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year after the federal government shut down, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that leading bond rating agencies reminded Congress this week that subjecting the District of Columbia government to shutdown threats cost the District on Wall Street and provided her with compelling ammunition as she urges Congress to adopt, during the lame-duck session, a Senate provision permanently exempting D.C. from shutdowns.
October 1, 2014
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she appreciates United States Secret Service Director Pierson’s 30 years of service to the Secret Service and our country, after the Director resigned today.
October 1, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its authority to ban the use of the Washington pro football team name on broadcast TV and radio stations following Tuesday’s announcement that the FCC is considering banning the on-air use of the team name by broadcasters.
October 1, 2014
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the General Services Administration (GSA) has kept its promise in announcing the contractors for the large Center Building at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters complex at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8 — Grunley Construction Company and Shalom Baranes Associates.
October 1, 2014
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that, with Maryland's marijuana decriminalization law taking effect today, the hypocrisy of Representative Andy Harris’ (R-MD) amendment that would block the District of Columbia from decriminalizing marijuana could not be clearer.
September 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C.
September 29, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, toured the perimeter of the White House today to see for herself whether public access is being safeguarded or if the first target for fixing White House security was the public.
September 26, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C.
September 25, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – United States Attorney General Eric Holder called Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, who first recommended him in 1993 to President Bill Clinton to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, to inform her that he will be resigning from his post as Attorney General as soon as a successor is confirmed.