Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced an anti-home rule bill to rename a section of 18th Street NW in Dupont Circle as “Jimmy Lai Way,” Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) pointed out that D.C. is not a blank slate for Congress to fill in as it pleases, contrary to the will of the 700,000 people who live in the District permanently. Smith’s bill would rename the portion of 18th Street Northwest between Church Street and P Street after Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong businessman, democracy advocate, and critic of the Chinese Communist Party currently imprisoned in Hong Kong.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said a disapproval resolution introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on D.C.’s Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024 would have no legal effect, even if enacted, because the congressional review period outlined in the Home Rule Act (HRA) has already expired.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after President Trump called for the House to immediately take up a standalone bill giving the District of Columbia the authority to spend its local funds for Fiscal Year 2025 at its locally-enacted levels.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her resolution to designate March 27, 2025 as “Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement tonight after President Trump signed an anti-D.C. home rule executive order (EO) establishing a task force to combat crime by surging law enforcement officers in public areas, increasing immigration enforcement, changing D.C. pre-trial detention policies, expediting concealed carry licenses, and working on fare enforcement on the Metro system. The EO also created a program to allegedly “beautify” D.C. by restoring federal buildings, monuments and roadways, removing graffiti, and ensuring cleanliness of public spaces and parks. Additionally, the EO directed the National Park Service to clear homeless encampments and graffiti on federal lands.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today highlighted the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) score on a Senate-passed bill to fix the D.C. budget issue caused by the recent continuing resolution (CR). As expected, the CBO found that the bill would have no effect on the federal budget. The CBO released its analysis yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was ranked the 10th most effective House Democrat in the 118th Congress, according to the biannual report released yesterday by the Center for Effective Lawmaking. Despite lacking the ability to vote on the House floor, Norton is consistently ranked in the top 10 Most Effective House Democrats. She has the longest streak of “exceeding expectations” over consecutive terms in the entire House, after qualifying for every term she’s served since she was first elected in 1991, whether Democrats were the minority or the majority party.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her statement from yesterday’s House Oversight and Accountability Committee markup of a bill that would nullify locally-enacted D.C. laws, policies and practices regarding D.C. exchanging information about the citizenship and immigration status of individuals, and would require D.C. to comply with requests by the Department of Homeland Security regarding immigration detainers.