Press Releases
November 19, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Three D.C. students who have endured bullying, and two parents of D.C. students who are currently going through bullying, will testify at a Commission on Black Men and Boys community roundtable hearing, entitled “A Candid Conversation with the Community on Preventing Bullying,” tomorrow, Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library (901 G St. NW), from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
November 18, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Judicial Nominations Working Group, released her statement on the filibuster of Judge Robert Wilkinsfor a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. President Obama, like President Clinton, granted Norton senatorial courtesy to recommend federal district court judges and other federal law enforcement officials in the District. Wilkins was the first of Norton’s recommendations to President Obama for a vacancy on the district court, where he currently serves.
November 18, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Taskforce on Judicial Nominations, will speak at a press conference today following the cloture vote on the nomination of Judge Robert L. Wilkins for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
November 18, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators asking them to fully fund the Preisdent’s fiscal year 2014 budget request of $3.2 million for the Carter G. Woodson historic site project in the District of Columbia. The funding would rehabilitate the historic Carter G. Woodson Home as a national tourist site and educational facility.
November 15, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Commission on Black Men and Boys, in conjunction with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), will hold a community roundtable hearing, entitled “A Candid Conversation with the Community on Preventing Bullying,” on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library (901 G St. NW), from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
November 15, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced a bill with 11 original cosponsors to grant back pay to federally contracted retail, food, custodial and security service workers who were furloughed during last month’s federal government shutdown.
November 14, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Mindful of concerns in the District of Columbia about reconstruction of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel (VAT) for CSX trains, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) received a briefing on the status of hazardous materials (hazmat) that travel through the District on CSX trains. The D.C.
November 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the naming ceremony for the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building on the St. Elizabeths West Campus today at 2:15 p.m., at 2703 Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue SE.
November 13, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – As Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) promised at her Veterans Day ceremony at the African Civil War Memorial on Monday, she introduced a bill today to allow the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide support to law school clinics that provide pro bono legal and support services to veterans, including assistance with disability claims and appeals, foreclosures, and other cases.
November 12, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a cosponsor of the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act (HOPE Act), today around 5:00 p.m. will speak on the House floor in favor of the bill to end the federal ban on research into organ donations from HIV-positive donors to HIV-positive recipients.