Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she will attend funeral services today for Lieutenant Commander Wesley Brown, the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Maryland, and will enter remarks into the Congressional Record in his honor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the same day that House Republicans introduced an appropriations bill that would prohibit the District of Columbia from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, the Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) learned that freshman Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) intends to introduce a bill, the District of Columbia Respect for Life and Conscience Act of 2012, that would interfere with the reproductive rights of women in the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today expressed her gratitude to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government for funding most of her top priorities during a difficult budget year, including the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant program (DCTAG); start-up funds to help the District of Columbia develop the East Campus at St.
Washington, D.C.— According to the Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the Congresswoman spoke yesterday with Bell Clements, the mother of Sgt. Julian C. Chase, the 22-year-old Marine and 2008 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate who was killed while on patrol in Afghanistan on Memorial Day. Norton was officially notified by the Marine Liaison Office on May 30. Her statement follows:
Washington, DC—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was pleased with passage today by the House Appropriations Committee of an amendment to the fiscal year 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill to ratify the Capitol Police Board's decision to continue to allow commercial filming and photography in Union Square (the area just below the west side of the Capitol), after it was transferred last year from the National Park Service (NPS) to the Architect of the Capitol (AOC).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives designating Chuck Brown's birthday, August 22, 2012, as "Chuck Brown Day," in honor of the contributions of the "Godfather of Go-Go" to music in the United States and the District of Columbia. Norton also will speak in tribute to Brown at his public memorial service at noon on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 800 Mount Vernon Place NW.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her statement at a press conference today with D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan, Center for Reproductive Rights Policy Council for Federal Legislation Julianna Gonen, and DC Vote Executive Director Ilir Zherka on efforts to protect D.C. home-rule during the fiscal year 2013 appropriations process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will hold a press conference with D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and leaders of national organizations on Tuesday, May 29, 2012,at 10:00 a.m. in 2456 Rayburn House Office Building to describe the network of 100 organizations whose members will contact members of the House and Senate appropriations committees to protect D.C.'s home-rule rights in the fiscal year 2013 D.C. appropriations bill.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter to Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-CA) and Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Committee on House Administration, and to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen.