Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the Congresswoman, who was on the staff of the 1963 March on Washington and later served as the first female chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) – the agency whose establishment was a key demand of the March – will make several media appearances leading up to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and on the day of the anniversary, August 28, 2013. On Wednesday, August 21, during the 6:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the rundown of her annual Job Fair, which will be held next Wednesday, August 21, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon Place NW – between 7th and 9th Streets NW). The event will begin with workshops, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., on federal jobs still available despite the sequester, top jobs available in the D.C. region, and resumes, and will be topped off by a dress for success fashion show. The job fair, from 11:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, after a special effort by the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the CBC Working Group on Prison Telecomm Reform, chaired by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and inmates and their families, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order to lower exorbitant rates that prisoners and their families are charged for telephone calls. Because of the delay in addressing this issue, CBC member Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL) has sponsored a bill for the last 6 yearsto ensure that exorbitant rates are reduced.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today made the following statement on the sale of the Washington Post to Jeffrey Bezos, after four generations of ownership by the Graham family.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will deliver remarks at the D.C. Council bill signings for the JaParker Deoni Jones Birth Certificate Equality Amendment Act and the Marriage Officiant Amendment Act, in honor of JaParker Deoni Jones, a D.C. resident who was murdered earlier this year because she was transgender. The ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. in room 509 of the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW).
WASHINGTON, DC – In her first neighborhood event since Congress left for August recess, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will hold a Norton in Your Neighborhood with the Brightwood Park Citizens Association at the Emery Recreation Center (5701 Georgia Avenue NW), from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, DC - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today made the following statement on the passing of James Bunn, a D.C. civic and business leader.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the newly elected Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, which has jurisdiction over the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and other public transit, today wrote a letter to Shavonnte Taylor, who gave birth in the L'Enfant Plaza Metro station on Thursday morning. The baby, who was delivered with the help of a Metro passenger, Autumn Manka, a licensed emergency medical technician, arrived more than two weeks before his August 17 due date.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today spoke by phone with Christopher "Casey" Cooper, a longtime D.C. resident, in London, informing him that President Obama would nominate him to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman. Cooper is currently a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling LLP.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday sent a letter to National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis concerning the recent vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial and at other monuments and buildings around the District of Columbia. Norton, in her letter, asked for an answer within 30 days to specific questions about Park Police staffing, resources and coordination with other federal police forces, and the effects of the sequester, and raised concerns about the ability of federal police forces to protect the city's monuments and properties.