Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2013, which would allow the District's local taxpayer-raised budget to take effect immediately after city approval, without requiring congressional approval.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will reintroduce her bill requiring the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) to comply with federal contracting regulations, which will now include a requirement that MWAA comply with federal anti-nepotism laws, when Congress returns next week.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the White House decision to put the District of Columbia "taxation without representation" license plates on all presidential limousines beginning this weekend.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be the guest on NBC 4's "Viewpoint" this Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 7:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton is postponing the drawing originally scheduled for Friday, to be held Monday, January 14, 2013, at 12:00 noon, in the Congresswoman's office, 2136 Rayburn House Office Building. Her office is scheduled to receive tickets that day, and numbers will be drawn at random by two members of the D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter to John Berry, Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), requesting that the agency issue regulations to implement the Congresswoman's recently enacted Hatch Act National Capital Region Parity Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Obama has re-nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The President first nominated Jackson for the position in the 112th Congress, following Norton's recommendation, near the end of the 112th Congress.