Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she will hold a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday, March 18 from 5-6:30 p.m. Although the event will focus on issues facing the federal workforce, it is open to all District of Columbia residents and the media. Norton, Managing Director of the Civil Service Strong & Good Governance Initiatives for Democracy Forward, Rob Shriver, and a representative from the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) will be in attendance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through September that will result in projected cuts of $1 billion for D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was disappointed and outraged but vowed to continue working with her colleagues to defeat the resolution in the Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, introduced her bill to require employers to provide the salary range for jobs in advertisements and interviews and to existing employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks, as prepared for delivery, from her upcoming speech on the House floor today, expected around 12:30 P.M., opposing the recently released continuing resolution that slashes D.C.’s local budget.

(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Monday, March 10 at 3:30 p.m., Mayor Muriel Bowser will host a press conference to address the proposed continuing resolution. Mayor Bowser and District leaders will discuss impacts of the current draft which will lead to severe cuts in public safety and schools in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After House Republicans released a continuing resolution (CR) that omitted a longstanding provision that would allow D.C. to continue to spend under its local fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget, which would force D.C. to revert to spending under the FY 2024 local budget and lead to projected cuts of $1 billion, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment at the Rules Committee to again include the provision. The CR also omitted a provision Norton has gotten included since FY 2015 to exempt D.C. from a federal government shutdown, which Norton’s amendment would also correct. The Rules Committee meets at 4:00 p.m. today to consider amendments to the CR.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced introduction of her Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025. Norton has introduced a version of the bill 17 times since 1994, which would encourage the United States to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and redirect, upon certification that nuclear powers around the world have begun elimination of their nuclear weapons, the U.S.’s funding for nuclear weapons to health care, housing and addressing the climate crisis.