Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was encouraged that National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell appears to be shifting his position regarding the disparaging nature of the name "Redskins." After defending the team name in a letter to Norton and other members of Congress in June as "distinct from any disparagement that could be
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today had staff call the U.S. Park Police after learning that Concepcion Picciotto's peace vigil was removed from its location in front of the White House last night.
Washington, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton is taking several actions this week to try to prevent a District of Columbia government shutdown at the end of the month, including today introducing the District of Columbia Government Shutdown Avoidance Act of 2013.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the ceremonial lease signing of the Old Post Office (OPO) building on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 9:30 a.m., at the OPO building (1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW), room M-09, marking the culmination of her 15-year effort to get the General Services Administration (GSA) to redevelop the OPO building and annex.
WASHINGTON, DC – As congressional debate on whether to strike Syria begins, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke at a press conference today at the D.C. War Memorial, with D.C. veterans, Mayor Vincent Gray, and DC Vote Executive Director Kimberly Perry.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, at 10:00 a.m., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a press conference at the D.C. War Memorial with D.C. veterans and officials, just before congressional debate and voting begins on a military strike on Syria, on the injustice that D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Just before the congressional debate on a military strike on Syria, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a press conference at the D.C. War Memorial (900 Independence Avenue SW) (directly across from the MLK Memorial), with D.C. veterans on Monday, September 9 at 10:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she was encouraged by her meeting yesterday with Secret Service Director Julia Pierson regarding the organizational breakdown at last Wednesday's 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) last week wrote a letter to National Park Service (NPS) Deputy Superintendent Gopaul Noojibail asking NPS to hold a public meeting in light of questions and concerns raised by D.C. residents about the proposed cleanup plan for Kenilworth Park.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday attended what she said was the only bicameral and bipartisan security briefing held since she became a member of Congress. She said that the briefing was very helpful, but that she needed more information in order to agree that D.C. residents should again go to war.