Press Releases
May 19, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the day Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) held a press conference with national groups to warn appropriators not to use the District of Columbia as a vehicle, Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) filed an amendment in the House Rules Committee to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 that expresses the sense of the Congress that active duty military personnel in their private capacity should be exempt from the gun safety laws of D.C., but not those of any other jurisdiction.
May 19, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement on today's court decision that the budget autonomy referendum approved by D.C. voters in 2013 is invalid.
May 19, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her statement in advance of a “Save D.C. Home Rule” press conference today on efforts to protect D.C. home rule during the fiscal year 2015 appropriations process.
May 19, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a “Save D.C. Home Rule” press conference today with national groups whose issues have been attacked in the past using the District of Columbia as a vehicle.
May 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Obama today signed into law a bill to amend the Height Act, cosponsored by Norton and sponsored by Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA).
May 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that a “Save D.C. Home Rule” press conference with national groups whose issues have been attacked in the past by using the District of Columbia as a vehicle will be held on Monday, May 19, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. in 2203 Rayburn House Office Building.
May 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a National Park Service (NPS) town hall meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 2104, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW) in room 412.
May 15, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – In light of today’s federal district court ruling upholding the District of Columbia’s gun registration requirements, which follows a federal appellate court ruling upholding D.C.’s ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Phil Gingrey (R-GA) to withdraw support for bills they introduced this Congress to overturn D.C. gun laws.
May 14, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke with National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks Robert Vogel today following a temporary elevator breakdown in the Washington Monument, which was reopened earlier this week following repairs for earthquake damage.
May 13, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today made the following statement on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s six-year, $265 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill, released earlier this week.