Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the official meeting of the District of Columbia Electoral College tonight, December 17, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Building (1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 500).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Covenant House, in conjunction with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), will welcome more than 200 disadvantaged District children to their 22nd annual "D.C. Children's Christmas Party on the Hill" tomorrow, Tuesday, December 18, 2012, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in 345 Cannon House Office Building, held every year since Norton has served in Congress. The D.C. Christmas Party on the Hill will give the children gifts and lunch as well as a visit from Santa Claus and Mrs.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks and serve as moderator for the memorial service honoring civil rights pioneer and long-time Washingtonian Lawrence Guyot on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at Goodwill Baptist Church (1862 Kalorama Road, NW). Norton's ties with Guyot date back to their work together in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MDFP) challenge in 1964.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the decision of United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to withdraw her name from consideration for Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the House passed by voice vote her D.C. Courts and Public Defender Service Act (S.1379) and is expected to get the President's signature. The non-controversial but important bill passed the Senate in July, where it was sponsored by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI). It passed the House by voice vote in 2010, so Congresswoman Norton asked Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) to forgo committee mark-up and expedite the bill's path to the House floor this time.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House today passed by voice vote a bill (H.R. 6364) that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) co-sponsored to preserve the District of Columbia War Memorial for D.C. veterans only, re-designate the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri as the "National World War I Museum and Memorial," establish a site on federal land in the District for a national World War I memorial, and establish a commission to ensure a suitable observance of the centennial of World War I.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce Ketanji Brown Jackson at her confirmation hearing to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building (Room 226). Norton, using senatorial courtesy granted to her by President Obama, recommended Jackson to the President for this position, and he accepted the Congresswoman's recommendation. Jackson is currently vice chair of the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the House will vote on a bill (H.R. 6364) tomorrow that Norton co-sponsored to preserve the District of Columbia War Memorial for D.C. veterans only, re-designate the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri as the "National World War I Museum and Memorial," and establish a site on federal land in D.C. for a national World War I memorial. Norton, in a series of negotiations, was able to maintain the D.C. War Memorial for D.C.