Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her statement ahead of tomorrow’s Committee on Oversight and Reform markup of her District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act, which would be the biggest expansion of D.C. home rule since passage of the D.C. Home Rule Act in 1973. The bill would give D.C. the exclusive authority to prosecute D.C. crimes, give D.C. the exclusive authority to grant clemency for D.C. crimes, and eliminate the congressional review period for D.C. legislation. The markup begins at 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor enslaved persons will be on the House floor for a vote on today, September 19, 2022. The memorial, to be established by the Georgetown African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour, would honor enslaved persons’ presence, celebrate their contributions to history and recognize their resilience and fortitude. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the bill in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will mark up her District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act, which would be the biggest expansion of D.C. home rule since passage of the D.C. Home Rule Act in 1973, at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The bill would give D.C. the exclusive authority to prosecute D.C. crimes, give D.C. the exclusive authority to grant clemency for D.C. crimes, and eliminate the congressional review period for D.C. legislation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, September 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET, the Truck Safety Coalition will host a live press conference announcing the release of the new “Deadliest Truck Crash States Report” and feature powerful crash victim statements with reporters alongside Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Citizens for Reliable Safe Highways Board Chair and former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Joan Claybrook.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced that Norton’s Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act, which would revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and direct the Government Accountability Office to update its 2016 report on independent real estate leasing authority, passed the House today. The bill passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in July.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This afternoon, beginning at approximately 2:45 p.m., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will manage several Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) bills on the House floor for the Democrats, including her bill to revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission and to direct the Government Accountability Office to update its 2016 report on independent real estate leasing authority. Norton is running for chair or ranking member of T&I in the 118th Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned a bill introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) that would repeal the District of Columbia’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students and prohibit D.C. and schools in D.C. from using D.C. funds to impose or enforce such a mandate. This is Cruz’s fourth attack this Congress on D.C.’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution supporting the designation of Saturday, September 17, 2022, as National Dance Day. In 2010, Norton partnered with “So You Think You Can Dance” co-creator Nigel Lythgoe to launch the first National Dance Day with inaugural celebrations on the National Mall and in Los Angeles.