Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Incentives for Business and Individual Investment Act to reauthorize the federal tax incentives for investment in economically distressed areas in the District of Columbia, commonly known as the D.C. empowerment zone, and the $5,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit in D.C., both of which expired at the end of 2011. The D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate yesterday passed Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) bill 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 Munro, the Coast Guard's only Medal of Honor recipient, who died heroically during a volunteer assignment in World War II. The House passed the bill earlier this month, and it is expected to be signed into law by the President as Coast Guard employees move to the building beginning in August.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify today at a Senate Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia hearing to examine disaster preparedness of the National Capital Region at 2:00 p.m. in 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Norton will address concerns about regional coordination efforts, following unprecedented disasters such as the D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer an amendment to the fiscal year 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, which is on the House floor now, that would prevent the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) from enforcing its rule that prohibits commercial and most other helicopter operations in the District of Columbia.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that after years of controversy and repeated requests, the National Park Service (NPS) has responded to community concerns regarding financial reporting by the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF). Norton and Ward 4 residents have repeatedly raised concerns about a major commercial tennis tournament held by Lagardère Unlimited on NPS land in Rock Creek Park, in part, in return for youth, senior and special population programs provided by WTEF.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will speak at the ribbon-cutting of the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters on the St. Elizabeths campus (the first of several buildings planned for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies on the campus), after securing $1.4 billion in funding and guiding congressional oversight of construction of the headquarters. Norton led a preview tour for D.C. officials and Ward 8 and other D.C. residents last week of the Coast Guard headquarters, the first federal agency to locate east of the Anacostia River. The St.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, D.C.'s National Dance Day celebration, in collaboration with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who will speak at the event, will go late into the evening and will feature interactive lessons, and performances by amateur and professional dancers, including D.C. natives, the Manzari Brothers. National Dance Day begins today, Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 1:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she is grateful that the Senate Appropriations Committee restored funding for her top District of Columbia priorities that the House Appropriations Committee had cut from the president's budget. Norton is also pleased that the bill, which was passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday, does not include any prohibitions on D.C.'s use of its local funds.