Press Releases
February 13, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – At a press conference on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., during her free Tax and Financial Services Fair, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be joined by Solomon Keene, President of the Hotel Association of Washington, D.C., and Teresa Hinze, Executive Director of Community Tax Aid.
February 12, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – With Frederick Douglass’s February 14 birthday approaching, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced a bill to establish a Bicentennial Commission to study ways that the federal government might honor and celebrate the life of Douglass during the bicentennial anniversary of his birth, in 2018.
February 11, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that a press conference will kick off Norton’s annual free Tax and Financial Services Fair on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at 10 a.m., at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon Place NW).
February 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement upon learning that Medric “Cecil” Mills, a D.C. resident who passed away last week, was a classmate at Dunbar High School.
February 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Following the District of Columbia Council’s preliminary approval of the D.C. Promise bill Tuesday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wrote to President Obama to reiterate her earlier request that he provide $35.1 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG) in his fiscal year 2015 budget, as he did in fiscal year 2014.
February 5, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – During the 150th anniversary year of the Civil War, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War Defenses of Washington located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland.
February 4, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on today’s D.C. Council passage of the D.C. Promise bill on First Reading.
February 3, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a memo Norton sent to the D.C. Council today concerning the pending DC Promise bill.
January 31, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), upon learning today that the Navy Yard shooter, Aaron Alexis, had convinced Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors that he was mentally stable shortly before killing 12 people, expressed great concern that the VA evaluation process did not pick up on his mental distress weeks after he had reported hearing voices, among other claims.
January 31, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), because of her ongoing work to reduce the rate of long-term unemployment, today at 11:00 a.m. will attend a meeting with President Obama and senior White House officials regarding the challenge of long-term unemployment and partnerships to develop a skilled, competitive workforce.