Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), joined by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a member of the committee, today announced the first-ever congressionally requested study of the Height Act of 1910, which Issa and Norton requested at a July hearing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a press conference on Veterans Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will honor D.C. veterans and ask the parents of Jonathan Matthew Rucker, a young D.C. native and graduate of Naval Station Great Lakes, to speak about the failure of the United States Navy to raise the D.C. flag at his graduation from the nation's only naval boot camp and largest training station. D.C. residents Tomi Rucker, an investigator with the D.C. Fire and EMS Department, and Michael Linwood Boyd, a sergeant in the Special Operations Division of the D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the testimony she will deliver in support of her bill (H.R.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) brings her "Norton in Your Neighborhood" conversation to Ward 5 today, Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at the Bates Area Civic Association meeting being held at the CAPCS School (1400 1st Street NW) at 6:30 p.m. "Norton in Your Neighborhood" conversations allow the Congresswoman to bring breaking federal and congressional news and analysis to residents where they live, and receive feedback from them on issues of importance to their community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will visit Fort Totten Park on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. to inspect two temporary lights installed by the National Park Service (NPS) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) along a well-traveled path that serves as a shortcut through Fort Totten Park, owned by NPS, between the Fort Totten Metro station and the nearby Ward 5 community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the end of daylight saving time Sunday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will address public safety concerns by walking on the National Mall on Monday, November 5, 2012, beginning at 6:00 p.m. Ever since six muggings occurred on the Mall in a matter of weeks in 2006, Norton has walked the Mall to examine police presence, lighting, and other safety measures. The Mall is a favorite destination for tourists, who support D.C.'s economy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In releasing the September D.C. hiring statistics on nine large General Services Administration (GSA) construction projects underway across the city, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) singled out General Dynamics, Clark/Smoot/Russell, Clark Construction, Turtle Associates and Marada Contracting for steady progress.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her Commission on Black Men and Boys meeting on synthetic marijuana, scheduled for tonight, has been postponed due to inclement weather.
A new date and time for the meeting will be announced soon.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer keynote remarks to The Transition Network of the District of Columbia on Sunday, October 28, 2012, at the National City Christian Church (5 Thomas Circle NW) at 2:00 p.m. The Congresswoman will set the scene for a panel of women who will speak about their experience integrating some of the city's neighborhoods.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will make remarks then join thousands of D.C.-area residents participating in the Whitman-Walker Clinic's 26th annual AIDS Walk on Saturday, October 27, 2012, starting at Freedom Plaza (13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW) at 8:15 a.m.