Press Releases
Norton Introduces Bill Requiring Helicopters to Fly at Maximum Permissible Altitude in D.C. Airspace
February 28, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a member of the Subcommittee on Aviation, today introduced a bill to require helicopters in District of Columbia airspace to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with limited exceptions. The exceptions would include active law enforcement investigations, transporting the president and vice president, and safety.
February 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked the 100+ organizations that signed a letter to Senate leadership opposing the two disapproval resolutions that would overturn two local D.C. pieces of legislation.
February 23, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson and the D.C. Council for sending a letter to the Senate opposing two disapproval resolutions which, if enacted, would nullify two local D.C. pieces of legislation.
February 23, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from her Black History Month open house at her district office.
“Black History Month is a time to remember great Black men and women and their accomplishments, contributions and experiences,” Norton said. “I hope to expand the discussion of Black History Month by highlighting the experience of Black people from across the African Diaspora here in the District of Columbia.”
Norton’s remarks follow, as prepared for delivery.
February 22, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter yesterday to Secretary of State Antony Blinken following up on a letter she sent on June 8, 2022, about District of Columbia resident Emad Shargi, an American citizen who has been unjustly and inhumanely detained in Iran since 2018.
February 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from today’s Black History Month event where she was named honorary fire chief in honor of her grandfather, Richard Holmes, who was one of the first African Americans to serve in the D.C. Fire Department.
February 16, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her recommendation to President Biden, Ana Reyes, was confirmed by the Senate for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Once sworn in, Reyes will be the first Hispanic woman and first openly LGBTQ person ever to serve on that court. Norton's first two recommendations to Biden for the same court, Jia Cobb and Florence Pan, were confirmed by the Senate and are serving on the bench.
February 9, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks as prepared for delivery from her speech on the House floor yesterday opposing the disapproval resolution to overturn the local D.C. legislation allowing noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections.
February 9, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks as prepared for delivery from her speech on the House floor this morning opposing the disapproval resolution that would overturn D.C.’s revised criminal code.
February 9, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she will work with her colleagues to ensure the disapproval resolutions of two pieces of local D.C. legislation that passed the House today do not pass the Senate. One disapproval resolution would overturn the local D.C. legislation allowing noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections and the other would overturn D.C.’s revised criminal code. The Biden Administration has released a Statement of Administration Policy opposing the resolutions.