Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to name the new U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters on the St. Elizabeths West Campus the "Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building," for Signalman First Class Munroe, the Coast Guard's only Medal of Honor recipient, who died heroically during a volunteer assignment in World War II.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday led an inspection of the Library of Congress Main Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building, after being informed that the District of Columbia seal was not included among the state seals on the stained-glass windows in the iconic Main Reading Room. Norton was accompanied by Luis Landau, a D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her personal sadness upon hearing of the passing of her friend former Representative William H. Gray III, the first African American Majority Whip of the House and first African American Chair of the House Budget Committee. Norton's statement follows.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked a coalition of over 50 national organizations for sending letters to House and Senate appropriators today to ensure that during the fiscal year 2014 appropriations process, which is now underway, D.C. home rule is respected and that anti-home rule riders are not added to D.C.'s appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today applauded the launch of a national campaign, "We Are DC," to raise awareness and mobilize nationwide support for protecting the reproductive rights of the District of Columbia's women from federal interference.
Tour and Press Briefing Tuesday
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a regular guest on PBS's "To The Contrary," will appear on the show at 9:30 a.m. this Sunday, June 30. The show will also air at various times nationally throughout the week.
WASHINGTON, DC – Concerned by recent hearings that showed valuable vacant federal properties spoiling D.C. neighborhoods, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to require the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide immediate public notice of federal properties identified as excess to their needs.
WASHINGTON, DC – As the House goes on the Fourth of July recess, and with the District of Columbia at the peak of tourist season, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce three bills tomorrow to make the first significant changes to the Smithsonian Institution in nearly a century.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will get tested and participate in two National HIV Testing Day events today, Thursday, June 27, 2013, to raise awareness of HIV testing and to call attention to the District of Columbia's success in reducing the rate of HIV/AIDS here. From 1:30 p.m.