Press Releases

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. on Sunday, April 14. The show will also air at various times nationally throughout the week.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) for introducing the Senate companion bill to her Rachel Carson Nature Trail Designation Act of 2013, commemorating Rachel Carson, the environmental pioneer and an inspiration for the development of the environmental movement.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the President's fiscal year 2014 budget funds Norton's top priorities for the District of Columbia, but contravenes the purpose of the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program (DCTAG) by imposing new means testing.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget includes, at Norton's request, a legislative provision that would give the District of Columbia budget autonomy, or the permanent authority to spend its local funds without congressional approval and to set its own fiscal year.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this evening will play the role of Rosa Parks in "Let Freedom Ring," a play about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, at the Howard University School of Law Moot Court Room (2900 Van Ness St. NW), from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today issued a proposed rule to implement Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) recently enacted Hatch Act National Capital Region Parity Act, which, for the first time, authorizes OPM to permit federal employees who live in the District of Columbia to run for partisan political office in local D.C.