Press Releases

Norton to Ride in Driverless Car as Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee

June 24, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, will participate in a demonstration ride in Carnegie Mellon University’s autonomous vehicle adjacent to the U.S. Capitol at Maryland Avenue SW, between the U.S. Botanic Garden and the U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool, today at 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Music on the Mall to Feature West African Musician and Vocalist Amadou Kouyate

June 23, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that dynamic West African musician and vocalist, and 2013-2014 Strathmore Artist-in-Residence, Amadou Kouyate will perform at Lunchtime Music on the Mall on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, from noon to 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, by the Smithsonian Metro Station, at 12th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW.

Norton Applauds Obama Administration for Historic Progress on LGBT Rights, Post-Windsor, Calls on Congress to Provide Full Equality

June 20, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC – On the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s historic Windsor decision, which struck down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated the Obama administration’s announcement today that it had extended federal benefits to same-sex couples wherever permissible under federal law, including the issuance of rules today by the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Office of Personnel Management extending Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) benefits to all same-sex couples.

Norton to Deliver a Featured Address to the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, Saturday

June 19, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be a featured speaker at the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy (ACS) national convention Saturday, June 21, 2014, at 1:45 p.m. at the Capital Hilton Washington Hotel. The Congresswoman will discuss the sometimes uneasy intersection of equality and democracy in the United States and around the world.

Norton District Court Recommendation, Randolph Moss, Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

June 19, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Randolph Moss's nomination to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was approved today by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Moss's nomination was recommended to President Obama by Norton.

Norton to Speak at Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the 1964 Freedom Summer at U.S. Capitol

June 18, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer brief remarks at the 25^th anniversary of The Foundation For Ethnic Understanding, Thursday, June 19, 2014, from 4-6 p.m. at the Mansfield Room (S-207) of the United States Capitol.

Norton Calls Ruling Canceling Washington Football Team’s Trademark Historic and Inevitable

June 18, 2014

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Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a leader in the effort to cancel the Washington Football Team's trademark and to convince the team's owner and the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL) to voluntarily change the team's name, today celebrated the ruling by the United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board that the te

Norton to Receive ‘Highway Safety Hero’ Award Today

June 18, 2014

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she will be one of the recipients of the "Highway Safety Hero" Award, to be presented today, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at 3:30 p.m. at the Sewell/Belmont House on Capitol Hill (144 Constitution Avenue NE).

Norton Welcomes Summer Tourist Season with Bill to Ensure Openness and Public Access to Buildings in the Nation’s Capital

June 18, 2014

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the school year in the District of Columbia and across the country ends, bringing thousands of people to Washington to open the summer season, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reintroduced the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act.

Norton Says D.C. Council Resolution Supporting Renaming Chinese Embassy Street and Bill Designating Street Fronting Capitol “D.C. No Taxation Without Representation Way” Are Both Pro-Democracy Vehicles

June 17, 2014

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the District of Columbia Council for introducing a resolution supporting federal action to rename a street near the Chinese Embassy for a Chinese activist jailed for supporting democracy and a bill symbolically designating a portion of First Street NE/SE between Constitution Avenue NE and Independence Avenue SE as "D.C.