Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – The Capitol Police Union has asked to meet with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) following the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, where a Capitol Police tactical team was apparently ordered to stand down. Norton's office will set the meeting in the near future.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After House Republicans included a provision defunding Obamacare in their fiscal year 2014 short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal and District of Columbia governments running after September 30, 2013, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today took several steps to keep the District government open. Norton alerted D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – Convinced that the government could shut down on October 1, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will take the first of several steps to keep the District of Columbia government open when she testifies today at the Rules Committee markup of the fiscal year 2014 short-term continuing resolution (CR), on her amendment to authorize the D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement this evening on floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, before leading a moment of silence in memory of the 12 Americans who lost their lives during the Navy Yard shooting yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After spending more than a decade trying to get intercity bus service into Union Station, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today joyfully cut the ribbon on the new Union Station bus deck. In 2010, Norton's efforts resulted in the first intercity bus service at Union Station.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton's letter to President Obama urging him to form an independent panel to investigate the many security issues raised by the mass shooting inside the secure facility at the Washington Navy Yard yesterday.