Press Releases
January 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Following the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) opinion today that says the District of Columbia’s budget autonomy referendum, approved by D.C. voters last April, has no legal effect, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she will continue to defend the referendum from congressional interference.
January 29, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify at a Senate hearing on the impacts of the federal government shutdowns on the District of Columbia, tomorrow, January 30, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building 342.
January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today invited her guest for tonight’s State of the Union address to accompany her to a press conference today, where members urged Congress to revive the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program.
January 28, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who has been a leader in the call for improved wages for low-wage workers employed by federal government contractors, today applauded the White House announcement that President Obama will raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers to $10.10.
January 27, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed her thanks to President Obama for the White House’s Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 7, released today, which criticizes a provision targeting the District of Columbia, saying it “undermines home rule.”
January 27, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Ahead of tomorrow’s State of the Union address, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on a press call today called on President Obama to suspend deportations of all those who would be potential citizens under immigration reform, and to address a plan to do so in his speech.
January 27, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify on H.R. 7 at a House Rules Committee meeting today at 5:00 p.m. in H-313 The Capitol, and will offer an amendment to strike a provision that would target only the District of Columbia.
January 24, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today made the following statement on the passing of Virginia Williams, the mother of former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, at age 87.
January 23, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement in memory of Alexandros “Alex” Petersen, a D.C. resident who died tragically in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan on January 17 at the age of 29.
January 23, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton will testify on H.R. 7 at a House Rules Committee meeting on Monday, January 27, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. in H-313 The Capitol, and will offer an amendment to strike a provision that would permanently prohibit only the District of Columbia from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, and would define the D.C. government as part of the federal government for the purposes of abortion.