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June 21, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.––Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) received a response from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) to her letter expressing concerns about the difficulty her constituents are encountering accessing their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts. With the TSP’s new online system, many participants have been forced to change passwords and other account information, often requiring waiting for a security code to be delivered by mail, which can delay account access for weeks. In addition, constituents have said they attempted to call the TSP “ThriftLine” for help, only to be put on hold for hours and disconnected.

June 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the fiscal year 2023 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which includes many victories secured by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), was passed by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. The bill provides $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a program a Norton bill created, and increases the annual and lifetime DCTAG awards; prohibits the president from federalizing the D.C. police department; and removes the two enacted fiscal year 2022 riders, which prohibit D.C. from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women and on recreational marijuana commercialization.

June 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned Representative Andrew Clyde (R-GA) for, once again, calling for repeal of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. Clyde made his statement today during debate in the Committee on Oversight and Reform on Norton’s bill that would allow D.C. to transmit legislation to Congress for the review period electronically.

June 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Committee on Oversight and Reform today passed her District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act, which would permit the Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit legislation to Congress for the review period in the form of the Chair’s choosing, including electronic form.

June 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today passed her Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act, which would revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and direct the Government Accountability Office to update its 2016 report on independent leasing authority.

June 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Committee on Appropriations today released the fiscal year 2023 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which includes many victories secured by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). The bill provides $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a program a Norton bill created, and increases the annual and lifetime DCTAG awards; prohibits the president from federalizing the D.C. police department; and removes the two enacted fiscal year 2022 riders, which prohibit D.C. from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women and on recreational marijuana commercialization.

June 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, during Pride Month, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) warned that, without statehood, a future Republican Congress could use Congress’ power over the District of Columbia to discriminate against D.C.’s LGBTQ community.

June 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act, which would revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will be marked up by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure tomorrow, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. The markup will be livestreamed on the committee’s website.

June 13, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act, which would provide federal funds to create local task forces that bring police, the community and public officials together to identify best policing practices and other ways to strengthen relations between the community and police. The funds would encourage states and localities to implement then-President Obama’s “Task Force on 21st Century Policing” report.

June 13, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.––Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) sent a letter to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board expressing concern that her constituents are having difficulty accessing their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts. The new TSP online system has forced many participants to change passwords and other account information, often requiring waiting for a security code to be delivered by mail, which delays account access for weeks. In addition, constituents have said they attempted to call the TSP “ThriftLine” for help, only to be put on hold for hours and disconnected.