Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said the Department of Labor has opened an important new protection against job discrimination by issuing a directive this week that updates guidance on sex discrimination laws by, for the first time, including protections for claims of discrimination based on transgender status and gender identity. The directive, based on EEOC and Title VII case law, builds upon President Lyndon B.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today she expects the historic Carter G. Woodson Home to be completed by August 2015 with federal funds she requested, and that a National Park Service (NPS) partnership with a non-profit organization (NPO) will complete the two adjoining homes. This is the first-ever National Park Service (NPS) historic site to be completed through a private-public partnership.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the speakers for the workshops at her annual Job Fair on Thursday, August 21, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon Place NW – between 7th and 9th Streets NW). Almost 100 employers with available jobs are expected. The event will begin with workshops, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., on federal jobs available despite the sequester, top jobs available in the D.C. region, and resume tips.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will delay the issuance of the CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel Project's Record of Decision (ROD) until after September 15, 2014, as Norton requested, to allow oversight of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) by the D.C. Council.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After meeting with a top Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official last week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who chairs the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said that she believes that the TSA has found a new way to resolve the recurring problems that D.C. residents are having when using their D.C. driver's license as identification, particularly at airports.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the Department of Justice (DOJ) can do more than the needed federal investigation that is already underway. She said that the Department's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) should be offered to Ferguson, Missouri to help address what appears to be a long-standing breakdown in the relationship between the community and the police in Ferguson, well before the shooting of Michael Brown.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the rundown of her annual Job Fair, which will be held next Thursday, August 21, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon Place NW – between 7th and 9th Streets NW). The event will begin with workshops, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., on federal jobs available despite the sequester, top jobs available in the D.C. region, and resume tips. The morning event will be topped off by a Dress for Success Fashion Show.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Norton will accept the Federation of Estelle Witherspoon Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Birmingham Sheraton Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Norton is being honored for her lifelong efforts to create and sustain equitable treatment for low-income people of color in the workplace and under the law. A reception honoring Norton will be held at the historic Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and will be followed by the 47th Anniversary Celebration and 13th Estelle Witherspoon Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today's Music on the Mall performance is canceled due to rain and will resume next Tuesday, August 19, 2014 with a performance by vocalist Esi Afi Lydia.
Lunchtime Music on the Mall brings local and regional musicians to the National Mall to give visitors as well as federal and other office workers downtown a break from the pace of business in Washington.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a set of recommendations that originated at Norton's D.C. Postal Service Roundtable on Wednesday, and invited residents to continue to contribute suggestions for improvements for D.C. postal services that the Roundtable problem-solving session initiated. Suggestions can be emailed to NortonEvents@mail.house.gov with "Post Office Improvement" in the subject line, and they will be forwarded directly to the D.C. Postmaster.