Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was especially gratified that the fiscal year 2013 Homeland Security appropriations bill approved by the House includes $34.5 million for the continued development of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters on the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8, in sharp contrast to last year, when the House did not provide any funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the pre-launch of Lunchtime Music on the Mall with violinist and D.C. resident Clarice Labbe has been postponed due to impending rain. Ms. Labbe will perform instead on Thursday, June 14, 2012 from noon – 2 p.m. on the National Mall near the Smithsonian Metro stop.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be on the National Mall Tuesday, June 12, 2012, at noon for the pre-launch of "Lunchtime Music on the Mall." Norton will introduce violinist and D.C. resident Clarice Labbe, who will perform near the Smithsonian Metro stop from noon. to 2:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton today (D-DC) offered an amendment protect the nation's drinking water at the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee markup of a bill (H.R. 4965) that would limit the authority of the Obama administration to regulate pollution in smaller waterways.
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement following the resignation of Kwame Brown as Chairman of the City Council of the District of Columbia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives supporting the federal workforce and praising federal employees, who have "supported, defended, and been instrumental to the progress our nation has achieved through times of war and peace, recession and prosperity, and global instability and uncertainty." Norton said that Congress has long shown bipartisan appreciation for federal employees, as demonstrated by last year's legislation authorizing federal agencies to give U.S.
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.