Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, offered a clean water amendment at the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of H.R.
Washington, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the congressional review period for the District of Columbia's marijuana decriminalization bill will end today, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, and that the bill will take effect on Thursday.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today alerted District of Columbia residents that Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) has filed a new amendment to the fiscal year 2015 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which the House is debating now, that appears to prohibit the District of Columbia government from using its local fund to enforce almost all of its local gun
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tonight claimed a legislative victory as Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) amendment to the Fiscal Year 2015 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which attempted to wipe out all of the District's local gun safety laws, was ruled out of order. Massie may try again tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution marking Saturday, July 26th as National Dance Day, celebrated annually on the last Saturday of July. National Dance Day celebrations began on the National Mall in the District of Columbia and in Los Angeles, California five years ago.
Washington, DC -- The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Obama Administration today called on the House to reject the D.C. marijuana and abortion riders in the Fiscal Year 2015 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which the House will consider tonight, and grant D.C. budget and legislative autonomy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes vocalist and acoustic guitarist Hari Vasan as the seventh feature performer in the Lunchtime Music on the Mall series on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, from noon to 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, near the Smithsonian Metro Station, at 12th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) bill, H.R. 4185, to give the District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service (PDS) and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) authority that will modernize their operations passed in the House today by voice vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) bill that requires reporting and data collection on sexual assaults on passenger airlines received broad bipartisan support last week from top members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will attend the investiture ceremony for Judge Christopher "Casey" Cooper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Cooper's nomination was recommended to President Obama by Norton, and he was confirmed by the Senate in March.