Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the President's fiscal year 2014 budget funds Norton's top priorities for the District of Columbia, but contravenes the purpose of the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program (DCTAG) by imposing new means testing.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the D.C. Advisory Neighborhood Commission 4C (serving the Brightwood, Crestwood, Petworth and 16^th Street Heights neighborhoods), in conjunction with Norton, will host a "Norton In Your Neighborhood" community conversation today, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m., at the Petworth Library (4200 Kansas Ave. NW). Norton will discuss issues affecting D.C.

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget includes, at Norton's request, a legislative provision that would give the District of Columbia budget autonomy, or the permanent authority to spend its local funds without congressional approval and to set its own fiscal year. While President Obama has included narrative statements in his prior budgets supporting budget autonomy, as did President George W. Bush, no president had ever included a budget autonomy legislative provision in his budget.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this evening will play the role of Rosa Parks in "Let Freedom Ring," a play about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, at the Howard University School of Law Moot Court Room (2900 Van Ness St. NW), from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. The play, featuring a cast of notable local judges and politicians, was written by Paul Handy, Administrative Law Judge for the D.C. Office of Administrative Hearings, and is presented by District 4 of the National Association of Women Judges.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) today issued a proposed rule to implement Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) recently enacted Hatch Act National Capital Region Parity Act, which, for the first time, authorizes OPM to permit federal employees who live in the District of Columbia to run for partisan political office in local D.C. elections as independents. A 60-day notice and comment period is required for the proposed rule.

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Navy Seaman Jonathan Rucker, home on leave from Japan, and his mother, met with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today. They discussed how one family helped change federal law to recognize the District of Columbia's flag and D.C.'s servicemembers and veterans. CSSN Rucker, a D.C. native and graduate of Roosevelt High School, said his goal is to be a career naval officer.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that U.S. Navy Seaman Jonathon Rucker, a D.C. native and graduate of the District's Roosevelt High School, who experienced the failure to raise his city's flag at a military ceremony, will meet with Norton tomorrow, Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at noon in 2136 Rayburn House Office Building, during his leave in D.C. after serving in Japan. Norton will have press availability for interviews with Rucker following their meeting.