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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today, during the second week of Black History Month, that reintroduced their bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 200,000 African Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks as prepared for delivery in advance of her speech on the House floor opposing the two disapproval resolutions introduced by Republicans that would overturn two local D.C. laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Tom Carper (D-DE) reintroduced their legislation to grant the District of Columbia full control over the D.C. National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). These measures have proven necessary after the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, when D.C. Mayor Bowser’s request for additional support from the D.C. National Guard took nearly three hours to be fully approved by the Trump Administration, and after the events at Lafayette Square on June 1, 2020, when the Trump administration attempted, but failed, to federalize MPD. The legislation follows the recent introduction of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act to grant the District of Columbia statehood, led by Senator Carper and Congresswoman Norton and cosponsored by Senator Van Hollen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her recommendation to President Biden, Ana Reyes, was approved for the second time by the Senate Judiciary Committee for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Although Reyes was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in August, renomination and approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee was required because a new Congress convened before Reyes received full Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Reyes will be the first Hispanic woman and first openly LGBTQ person ever to serve on that court. Norton's first two recommendations to Biden for the same court, Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate and are serving on the bench.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton wrote President Joe Biden requesting presidential and vice-presidential vehicles use D.C. licenses with the “Taxation Without Representation” slogan. The slogan is automatically included on most D.C. license plates by the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles, though there is an option to request that it be left off an individual’s license plate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her guest for next week’s State of the Union address will be constituent Raya Kenney, who inspired Norton’s bill to establish a memorial honoring women who worked on the home front in World War II. President Biden signed the bill into law in December.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today kicked off Black History Month by reintroducing her bill that would remove the Emancipation Statue from Lincoln Park in the District of Columbia, a federal park, citing its problematic depiction of the fight to achieve emancipation. The statue would be placed in a museum with an explanation of its origin and meaning. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the organizational meeting for the Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) for the 118th Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she was selected as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and will serve on three additional subcommittees: the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management; the Subcommittee on Aviation; and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment.