Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – In a historic step forward, the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday passed a bill to give the District of Columbia budget autonomy. The bill, the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, reinforces the legislative provision granting D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Even though the Fiscal Year 2014 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill has not been released yet, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was delighted that the bill summary shows that the Senate Appropriations Committee fully funds her top priorities, restoring funding the House version of the bill cut from the president's budget.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked the Senate Appropriations Committee for including language she requested in her letter earlier this month objecting to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) proposal to reduce terrorist and disaster protection for the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Democrats voted unanimously for Norton to become the Ranking Member of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee, and that she will continue her service as a senior member of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Mana
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, delivered remarks at the Caucus' inaugural event today, entitled "The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men."
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement today on the introduction of a bill by Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) that would make important technical changes to the District of Columbia's budget process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today testified in support of her bill (H.R 620) designating a National Park Service (NPS) trail in Glover Archbold Park in the District of Columbia, from Canal Road to Van Ness Street, as the "Rachel Carson Nature Trail" at a meeting of the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission.
WASHINGTON, DC –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL) announced that Tracy Martin, the father of Trayvon Martin, will attend and give opening remarks at the inaugural event of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, entitled "The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men," tomorrow, Wednesday, July 24, 2013, from 3:00 p
WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, July 22, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to noon, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will a lead preview tour, exclusively for D.C. residents and the media, of the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters on the St. Elizabeths West Campus in Ward 8 to introduce the new building to the D.C. community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution, H.RES.304, to mark Saturday, July 27th as the date for the 2013 National Dance Day, celebrated annually on the last Saturday of July. This year's celebration will take place on Saturday, July 27, 2013, from 1:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., at the Kennedy Center on North Plaza.