Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will announce the winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition during an awards ceremony for students, parents and teachers tomorrow, Thursday, May 16, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Ronald Regan Washington National Airport, in the historic lobby of terminal A.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the farm bill (Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013) was passed yesterday by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry with her provision that enables 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 those funds. The inclusion of D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Registrations from D.C. residents and business owners for Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) 2013 Small Business Fair began pouring in within a couple of hours of being sent out earlier this week. Norton's annual Small Business Fair will take place on Tuesday, June 4, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. The event is free of charge,open only to D.C. residents and D.C. small businesses, and seating is first-come, first-served.

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. The program serves 130 women between the ages of 18 and 60, who will hear from the Congresswoman about better choices and options.

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. Sentencing Commission, is the first African American woman to serve on the district court in D.C. in 32 years, and only the second to ever serve. Norton recommended her to President Obama.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke today at a Congressional Progressive Caucus press conference featuring low-wage D.C. residents and other low-wage workers, to expose low wages facilitated by the federal government and to announce a study, unveiled today by the public policy organization Demos, examining the low wages and their negative effects on the nation's economy.

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). Last Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), her pro-choice congressional allies and a coalition of 100 national and local organizations defeated the House version of the bill in a vote on the House floor, while Lee's bill did not receive a hearing or a vote in the Senate.