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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Biden renominated Norton’s recommendation, Ana Reyes, for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Although Reyes was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in August, renomination was required because a new Congress convened before Reyes received full Senate confirmation. If confirmed, Reyes will be the first Hispanic woman and first openly LGBTQ person ever to serve on that court. Norton's first two recommendations to Biden for the same court, Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate and are serving on the bench.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Biden signed her Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act, which would authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the contributions of the women who kept the home front running during World War II, into law. The bill was included as part of the omnibus appropriations package. The idea for the memorial came from Norton’s constituent Raya Kenney, who has been advocating tirelessly for it for more than a decade. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that even before the opening of the new Congress at noon today, her D.C. statehood bill for the 118th Congress has 149 original cosponsors. The bill passed the House for the first time in history in June of 2020, and passed again in April of 2021.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to designate the post office at 400 Southern Avenue SE in the District of Columbia as the “District of Columbia Servicemembers and Veterans Post Office” was signed into law. The House passed the bill in December.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Biden today signed into law her provisions authorizing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct studies on a secondary drinking water source and additional drinking water storage capability for the District of Columbia, swimming in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers in D.C., and flooding in the Federal Triangle area of D.C. The provisions are included in the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that her Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act, which would authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the contributions of the women who kept the home front running during World War II, passed the Senate as part of the fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill. The House is expected to pass the omnibus, and the president is expected to sign it into law, this week. The idea for the memorial came from Norton’s constituent Raya Kenney, who has been advocating tirelessly for it for more than a decade. The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL).

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the District of Columbia was shortchanged tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks in the final fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills because D.C. has no senators. An earmark is funding requested by members of the House and Senate for local governments and nonprofits to carry out specific projects in members’ respective districts and states.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she secured numerous victories for the District of Columbia in the fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations bill, which was released Monday evening, including: