Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) bill to give the District of Columbia flexibility in scheduling special elections is scheduled to be voted on by the House tomorrow, February 29. Norton expressed frustration last month when the District was forced to delay the Ward 5 council seat special election until May 15 instead of being able to hold it during the April 3 primary because the bill died in the Senate last Congress due to an anonymous hold after she got it passed in the House.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be a guest on NBC Washington's weekly news talk program "Viewpoint" with Jim Handly and the PBS news series "To the Contrary" this Sunday, February 26, 2012. On "Viewpoint," which airs on NBC4 at 7 a.m. on Sunday, Norton will discuss President Obama's commitment to her to work on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's (R-CA) D.C.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who last week cited committee rules in an attempt to hear testimony from the proposed Democratic witness at a contraceptive hearing, will get to hear that witness tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will attend the groundbreaking of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which culminated from a bill that she began co-sponsoring more than 20 years ago when she first came to Congress. The groundbreaking, which will be attended by President Barack Obama, takes place today, February 22, 2012, at 10 a.m. at Madison Drive, NW between 14th and 15th Streets, NW.
WASHINGTON, DC – At a press conference today with D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray and others, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued a statement pledging resistance against the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R.3803/S.2103), introduced by Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), which deprives the women who live in the District of Columbia of their constitutional rights to reproductive freedom. The Congresswoman's statement and a Dear Colleague letter to House Democrats follow:
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the arrest by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Capitol Police of a man who reportedly attempted to carry out a suicide attack on the Capitol: