Press Releases
Norton Secures Great Victory for Gun Safety and Home Rule Today
October 13, 2011
October 12, 2011
October 12, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement on the passing of her friend, Frank Kameny, a leader in the national and local LGBT community:
October 12, 2011
*Embargoed Until House Passage Tonight*
October 7, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement celebrating the life of her friend Professor Derrick Bell:
October 6, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the passing of civil rights leader, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth:
D.C. Statue Bill Moving in House
October 6, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called House Administration Committee Chairman Daniel Lungren (R-CA) yesterday evening to thank him for introducing a bill (H.R. 3106) to permit the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories to have one statue each in the U.S. Capitol. Norton, an original cosponsor of the bill, said she expects the bill to pass the House, as it did last Congress.
October 4, 2011