Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Monday in New York City will be an honoree at the Ms. Foundation's 2013 Gloria Awards: A Salute to Women of Vision for the significant difference she has made in the lives of women and girls and for her role at the forefront in the fight for equality.
WASHINGTON, DC – To kick-off Mother's Day weekend, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at 3:00 p.m. will speak at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections (1901 E St. SE) to female inmates in the Adjust Our Attitude Training Program, and hear poetry and songs that are part of their rehabilitation program.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak today at 4:30 p.m., at the D.C. federal courthouse (333 Constitution Ave NW) for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's investiture as a U.S. district court judge in the District of Columbia. Jackson, who most recently served as Vice Chair of the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke today at a Congressional Progressive Caucus press conference featuring low-wage D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) yesterday reintroduced a bill that would ban all abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks (with limited exceptions).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), will join low-wage District of Columbia residents, other low-wage workers from this region, CPC co-chairs Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Rep.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reintroduced her Congress Leads By Example Act of 2013, during Public Service Recognition Week, to subject Congress and its agencies to health and safety standards and civil rights laws that currently apply to executive branch agencies and private sector employers, but not to Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama today signed into law Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer Vacancy Act, to clarify the authority of the Mayor of the District to fill a vacancy in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on an interim basis.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement concerning the proposal by District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray to require undocumented immigrants who drive and reside in D.C. to get a driver's license.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement regarding Jason Collins' announcement that he is gay, the first openly gay active male athlete in a major U.S. professional team sport.