Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus and a member of the Subcommittee on Aviation, today announced that she will introduce a bill that would require helicopters in District of Columbia airspace to fly at the maximum altitude permitted by the Federal Aviation Administration, with limited exceptions. The exceptions would include active law enforcement investigations, transporting the president and vice president, and safety.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday reintroduced her Federal Gift Shop Tax Act, which would allow state and local governments to impose a sales tax on purchases at gift shops on federal property.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tomorrow, at 10:00 a.m., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at an event hosted by the Potomac Riverkeeper Network at the Wharf commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. Norton's legislation allowed the Wharf development to proceed, and she has filed a proposal for the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (WRDA) to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study swimming in the Potomac and Anacostia rivers.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary began its hearing on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Biden nominated to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. President Obama nominated Jackson for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on the recommendation of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today participated in a Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment hearing on proposals for the Water Resources Development Act of 2022. Among other items, Norton has requested that the bill require studies on a secondary drinking water source for the District of Columbia and flood mitigation in Federal Triangle in D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tomorrow at 6:00 p.m., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a virtual community meeting on freight rail noise and vibration in the Deanwood neighborhood of the District of Columbia. Deanwood residents and representatives from CSX, the Federal Railroad Administration, and the D.C. Department of Energy & Environment will participate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reintroduced her Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act, which would provide federal funds to encourage states to provide universal prekindergarten to every child, regardless of income. The bill would afford the benefits of early childhood education to all families, many of which are currently not able to afford it.

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.