Press Releases
June 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sharply condemned a bill (H.R. 4792) recently introduced by Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) that is not only an attack on the labor rights of federal employees, but also redefines the District of Columbia government as a federal agency for purposes of undermining public employee unions in an independent jurisdiction, the District of Columbia.
June 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march in the 39th annual Capital Pride Parade with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, as she has every year since being elected to Congress, tomorrow, Saturday, June 7, 2014, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at 22nd and P Streets NW.
June 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that on Monday Norton will introduce an amendment on the House floor to prohibit states that receive federal transportation funding from engaging in unconstitutional profiling based on physical characteristics, such as race.
June 5, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General Eric Holder will headline the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys Father’s Day Forum on “Returning Citizens from America’s Prisons” on Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
June 4, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Tanya Chutkan's nomination to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was confirmed by the Senate today.
June 3, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A record number of D.C. residents and business owners have pre-registered for Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) 2014 Small Business Fair, which will take place on Thursday, June 5, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW).
June 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the District of Columbia winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition during an awards ceremony for students, parents and teachers tomorrow, Tuesday, June 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Ronald Regan Washington National Airport, in the historic lobby of terminal A.
June 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Feds Feed Families Food Drive National Kick-off Ceremony today, June 2, 2014, at 10:45 a.m., at the Jamie L. Whitten Building (corner of 12th St. and Jefferson Dr. SW).
May 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement on last night’s House passage of an amendment to prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration from targeting medical marijuana operations in states where they are legal.
May 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that in keeping with the agreement with the General Services Administration (GSA), the Trump Organization will have access to the Old Post Office (OPO) building beginning tomorrow, Saturday, May 31, and is expected to begin initial construction activities.