Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the District of Columbia Board of Elections today certified an initiative for the November ballot to legalize marijuana in D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she would fight any congressional attempt to block the District from voting on the initiative and, if it is approved by voters, implementing it.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a D.C. Postal Service Roundtable tomorrow, Wednesday, August 6, at One Judiciary Square from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to discuss issues of concern to District of Columbia residents about postal service in the city. The Postmaster of the District of Columbia, Gerald A.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter she sent yesterday to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Acting Administrator Gregory G.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the inaugural U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit and dinner at the White House tonight. The dinner will be hosted on the South Lawn of the White House at 6:45 p.m., and will be preceded by a toast and remarks by President Obama.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), sponsor of a House-passed amendment that would prohibit the District of Columbia, including local police, from using its local funds to enforce its local gun laws, finally offered an answer to a question posed by Norton.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Monday, August 4 at 9:00 a.m. will participate in a press conference and rally outside of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to highlight instances of worker exploitation at District of Columbia-based construction company Tito Contractors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke by phone with Amit Mehta today to inform him that President Obama would nominate him to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will participate in today's Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) ad hoc hearing at 2:00 p.m. in the House Energy and Commerce Committee room on the influx of Central American unaccompanied minors to the U.S.