Press Releases
WASHINGTON, DC – As the Atlantic hurricane season begins, when many National Guards will be deployed throughout the country, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to give the District of Columbia home-rule authority over the D.C. National Guard and strengthen the Guard itself. The bill, the District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act, would give the mayor of the District authority, as governors have in their states, to deploy the D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the farm bill (Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013) passed by the Senate today includes her provision that would allow the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) to receive federal funding for forestry research under the McIntire-Stennis Act. Although UDC is the nation's only urban public land-grant university, until now, its college of agriculture has not been eligible for these funds. The eligibility of D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff this evening, June 10, 2013, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., in 2168 Rayburn House Office Building, will feature two brief keynote remarks – both from former D.C. public school students, one who graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and is currently serving in the Navy, and one who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and is currently a D.C. police officer.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will march in the 38th annual Capital Pride Parade with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, tomorrow, Saturday, June 8, 2103, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at 22nd and P Streets NW. The parade, which travels one and a half miles, from near Dupont Circle to Logan Circle, is expected to draw over 100,000 spectators.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will hold her annual Service Academy College Fair and Sendoff and present her 2013 nominees to the service academies on Monday, June 10, 2013, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., in 2168 Rayburn House Office Building. The fair is an opportunity for prospective students in grades 6-11 and their parents to speak with service academy representatives and alumni as well as the D.C. students on their way to the academies.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement on the fire at Frager's Hardware store yesterday evening.
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Curtis Hunter, on guitar and harmonica, will perform today, June 6, 2013, from noon – 1:00 p.m., for Lunchtime Music on the Mall, on Madison Dr. SW, between 4th St. and 7th St., directly across from the steps of the National Gallery of Art. Norton attended auditions on Tuesday, held by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), for Lunchtime Music on the Mall and the "MetroPerforms!" series, where Hunter was one of many performers to audition.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) 15-year effort to get the General Services Administration (GSA) to redevelop the Old Post Office (OPO) building and annex on Pennsylvania Avenue in the District of Columbia, bore fruit today with the announcement that the GSA has reached terms with the Trump Organization on a 60-year lease to redevelop and manage the historic building as a luxury hotel. Norton pressed for the deal to get done in time for the congressionally mandated layover period to elapse before the start of the August recess.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the Washington Nationals game this evening as a member of the bipartisan host committee for the inaugural Congressional Night with the Nationals. Democratic and Republican members of Congress, along with their families and staff, will join together at the game in an effort to help promote civility in Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the appointment of Susan Rice as President Obama's national security adviser. Norton has followed Rice's life and progress from the time she was a child, born in the District of Columbia, and throughout her career.