Press Releases
December 24, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, on the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on Congress “to expand the Home Rule Act to include all the elements of self-government commensurate with other U.S. jurisdictions.”
December 20, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke by phone with Tanya Chutkan yesterday to inform her that President Obama would nominate her to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman.
December 20, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton succeeded in keeping an amendment to weaken D.C. gun safety laws out of the final National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, passed by the Senate last night.
December 19, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that when Congress returns from recess after the New Year, Norton will introduce a bill to overhaul the Federal Protective Service (FPS), which, with approximately 1,000 law enforcement officers and 13,500 contract guards, is responsible for protecting about 9,600 General Services Administration facilities nationwide.
December 19, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today made the following statement on the implications of union representation won this week by federal contract workers at several Smithsonian museums.
December 18, 2013
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today made the following statement on Congressman Frank Wolf’s (R-VA) announcement that he will not seek reelection in 2014.
December 16, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The United Planning Organization (UPO) Inspire Foundation, in conjunction with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), will welcome more than 250 of the city’s most disadvantaged children to their 24th annual “D.C. Children’s Christmas Party on the Hill” tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in 345 Cannon House Office Building.
December 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced growing support for Norton’s bill to overturn an unprecedented federal court decision that strips many federal employees of due process rights to independent review of an
December 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Following House passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that “the prospect of causing another federal government shutdown finally broke the no-compromise House Republicans and forced them to agree to a much-needed budget deal.”
December 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the final rule making the District of Columbia a designated locality under the Hatch Act, which permits federal employees who live in D.C. to run for partisan political office in local elections as independents, has taken effect this week, beginning Monday.