Press Releases
March 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on Equal Pay Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, highlighted the three bills she has introduced this Congress to help close the pay gap for women and minorities. Equal Pay Day marks the number of additional days women must work to earn what men earned the prior year. Norton’s Pay Equity for All Act, which passed the House last year, prohibits employers from asking job applicants for their salary history before making a job or salary offer. Norton’s Fair Pay Act would require that if men and women are doing comparable work, they must be paid comparable wages. Norton’s Salary Transparency Act would require employers to provide the salary range for jobs in advertisements and interviews and to existing employees.
March 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the process for entities in the District of Columbia to apply to her office for fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act community project funding, formerly known as earmarks. The rules established by the House Armed Services Committee limit projects to defense research, development, test, and evaluation and military construction. Under the committee’s rules, for-profit entities are not eligible.
March 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the District of Columbia was shortchanged an estimated $90 million to $200 million in earmarks in the fiscal year (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill, which the president will sign this week. D.C. did not receive the same amount of funding for earmarks as states because D.C. does not have senators to request earmarks for D.C. The FY 2022 omnibus appropriations bill was the first appropriations bill in more than a decade that included earmarks, or funding requested by members of Congress for governments or non-profits in their districts or states for specific projects. Each member of the House and each senator who requested funding for eligible earmarks received some or all of the funding they requested.
March 10, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today renewed her call for Congress to pass her District of Columbia Courts Vacancy Reduction Act, which would allow judicial appointments to the local District of Columbia courts to take effect after a 30-day congressional review period, unless a joint resolution disapproving an appointment is enacted into law during that period. By the end of March, there will be at least 13 judicial vacancies on the local D.C. courts, despite the Senate recently confirming seven local D.C. court nominees.
March 9, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the fiscal year (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill, which was released today, contains many victories for the District of Columbia, but also some disappointments.
March 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke on the House floor today during debate on a resolution condemning bomb threats against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including the two in the District of Columbia—Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia.
“This resolution not only condemns these threats of violence but also reaffirms support for HBCUs and their students, including the two HBCUs in my district,” Norton said.
March 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Noting the success of vaccinations in reducing the risk of serious illness and death from COVID-19 and the security improvements at the U.S. Capitol, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called for the Capitol to reopen to visitors.
March 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was thoroughly briefed today by United States Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger on the latest information regarding the two trucker convoys that have reached the National Capital Region. Norton requested the briefing.
March 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide information to the District of Columbia government on individuals convicted of D.C. Code felonies to help ensure that D.C. has services ready for these individuals when they return home from BOP. This bill is necessary because BOP houses D.C. residents convicted of D.C. Code felonies, and BOP contends that federal privacy laws prohibit it from sharing information on such individuals with D.C.
March 7, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Capitol Police Board issued an emergency declaration on Sunday and as a convoy of truckers reached the National Capital Region, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today requested a briefing from U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger on the latest information on any security threats to the Capitol and any preparations being made.