Press Releases
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. The coalition, led by DC Vote, consists of groups whose issues – reproductive rights, needle exchange, and gun safety – have been attacked in the past, using the District as a vehicle.
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. Norton will debate the future of same-sex marriage, State Senator Wendy Davis' filibuster against an abortion bill in the Texas state legislature, and flexible work hours.
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. The early public notification will help eliminate GSA's extended delays in using or disposing of federal properties for redevelopment, giving relief to taxpayers.
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. The Smithsonian Modernization Act makes changes to the Smithsonian's governance structure by expanding its Board of Regents from 17 members, which today includes six Members of Congress, the Vice President of the United States, and the Chief Justice of the U.S.
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. to 2:00 p.m., Norton will go to a mobile clinic HIV testing event, hosted by the National Council of Negro Women, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and WHUR 96.3, in front of the NCNW headquarters, at 633 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has learned that freshman Representative Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) has been seeking cosponsors to a bill he has drafted, but not yet introduced, that would prohibit the District of Columbia, and no other jurisdiction, from using automated traffic enforcement systems, such as red light and speed cameras, which are used throughout the United States.