Press Releases

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. servicemembers and residents at home, including veterans, once again face – they will have no vote on military action, despite meeting all the responsibilities of citizenship, because they live in the nation's capital.

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. Also offering remarks will be Mayor Vincent Gray, DC Vote Executive Director Kimberly Perry, and two D.C. veterans – Herbert Tillery and James Rimensnyder. Participants at the press conference will speak about D.C. residents in the military and D.C.

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. They discussed the checkpoint backup at the March's general public entrance, which left many marchers unable to attend the event, long lines in the heat, humidity and rain, with D.C. emergency workers called out, and reported hospitalizations.

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. Residents argue that the cleanup is not necessary and that they would lose the park to construction for several years and that it could bury the ecosystem. The NPS feasibility study to evaluate alternatives to cleanup Kenilworth Park has identified minimal risks thus far.

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. "They went to war in Kuwait, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, without a vote only to return to the U.S. still without the vote that they had secured for people in these countries," Norton said.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement on President Obama's remarks on Syria today.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today applauded Thursday's U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service ruling that legally married same-sex couples will be recognized for all federal tax programs, including income, gift and estate taxes. She said that the ruling will also bring a bonus to the District of Columbia because of same-sex couples who are likely to come here to be married from non-same-sex marriage states in even greater numbers, and will have their marriage festivities here.