Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she will attend the investiture ceremony for Rudolph Contreras today, June 20, 2012, at The United States Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave. NW at 4:30 p.m., as he becomes a U.S. District Court judge for the District of Columbia. Norton recommended Contreras, only the second Latino to serve as a U.S. District Court judge here, to the President.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she will hold a Norton in Your Neighborhood community conversation with residents from ANC 1D tonight, June 19, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. at the La Casa Community Center, 3166 Mount Pleasant Street NW. Norton will seek feedback from the Ward 1 Mt. Pleasant community on recent developments affecting the District in Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that her optimism has grown preventing future District of Columbia government shutdowns now that the Republican-led House Appropriations Committee has joined the call by the three other committees with jurisdiction over District to give the D.C. government the authority to remain open and spend its local funds in the event of a federal government shutdown.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced figures on D.C. residents employed at the St. Elizabeths Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters construction project in Ward 8, and reported on her unannounced visit to the site Friday. The current construction on the Coast Guard headquarters there is winding down. According to the General Services Administration (GSA), of the two large contractors still working on the Ward 8 site, Clark Construction continues to employ D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the fiscal year 2013 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill, which the Senate Appropriations Committee approved yesterday, includes major victories for the District of Columbia, including a provision that would prevent the city from shutting down if the federal government shuts down, and would allow D.C. to place its Frederick Douglass statue in the U.S. Capitol, a longstanding Norton priority. The bill also funds key Norton initiatives, including the D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the Senate Committee on Appropriations approved a fiscal year 2013 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill with no anti-home-rule riders attached to the District of Columbia's local budget. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, led the committee to achieve today's results. Norton thanked Sen. Durbin and Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI), chairman of the Appropriations Committee, for today's very good D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will kick off the pre-launch of Lunchtime Music on the Mall tomorrow, June 14, 2012,at noon, near the Smithsonian Metro stop on the National Mall. Norton will introduce violinist and D.C. native Clarice Labbe, the first artist to perform as part of the series.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was very pleased with a provision in the House-passed fiscal year 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill ratifying the Capitol Police Board decision to continue commercial filming and photography in Union Square (the area just below the west side of the Capitol), after its transfer last year from the National Park Service (NPS) to the Architect of the Capitol (AOC).