Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, which has jurisdiction over most federal construction and leases, said that the subcommittee was off to a good, fresh start today as the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee marked up 15 federal leases in the Washington,
Washington, DC – During her keynote remarks at the National Treasury Employees Union luncheon today, Thursday, February 28, 2013, at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce that, if sequestration begins tomorrow, she will donate a day's pay for each day federal employees are furloughed this year as a result of sequestration divided between suppor
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be the keynote speaker at the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) luncheon today, Thursday, February 28, 2013, at noon at the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, about the fight to avoid the effects of the pending sequester on middle-class and low-income Americans, including federal workers, and on the slowly recovering e
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the anniversary of the District of Columbia becoming the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a year after the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old African-American boy who was killed by a neighborhood watch member, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) re-introduced her bill to reestablish a popular federal grant program aimed at reducing racial profiling.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton will go to the White House tomorrow morning, February 15, 2013, for President Obama's 2012 Citizens Medal ceremony, where two of her constituents will be among the thirteen recipients.
WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released Norton's testimony on behalf of House Democrats for the Rules Committee hearing on a bill (H.R. 273) that would extend the federal employee pay freeze through the rest of the year. Norton will testify today at 3:00 p.m. in H-312, Capitol.