Press Releases
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.
May 13, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this week will look back on the history and impact of Brown v. Board of Education, the seminal Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools, leading up to its 60th anniversary on May 17. Today, May 13 at 1:00 p.m., Norton will speak on the steps of the Supreme Court at an Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools rally on fulfilling the promise of Brown v. Board and educational justice. On Thursday, May 15 from 10:00 a.m.
May 9, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – No sooner was today’s House hearing on D.C.’s marijuana decriminalization bill over than Republican John Fleming (R-LA) told Roll Call that he intends to introduce a disapproval resolution to overturn the legislation.