Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the District of Columbia will score a historic victory for equality with the states on Monday, February 28, when D.C.’s second statue in the U.S. Capitol will be unveiled at a ceremony hosted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Norton, Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson will speak at the unveiling, which will begin at 10 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was thoroughly briefed yesterday by United States Capitol Police (USCP) Chief J. Thomas Manger about security preparations for the trucker convoy and next week’s State of the Union address, including the possible reinstallation of temporary fencing around the Capitol. Norton requested the briefing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill this week to prohibit the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from charging inmates copayments for health care visits. District of Columbia Code felons are housed by the BOP.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the National Park Service (NPS) will remove the name of Melvin Hazen from the area of Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia named for Hazen. Norton requested that NPS remove the name of the racist Hazen and informed NPS she would introduce legislation to do so if NPS did not remove the name itself. The area will now be known by its reservation number, 630, like many other areas of NPS land in D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will receive a briefing tomorrow afternoon from United States Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger on security preparations for the trucker convoy and the State of the Union address, including the possible reinstallation of temporary fencing around the Capitol. Norton requested the briefing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Tomorrow, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a virtual Black History Month Event, titled “Freedom Singers: Then & Now,” highlighting the historical impact of music on the Civil Rights Movement and its continued influence on modern day activism. To attend, RSVP by emailing NortonEvents@mail.house.gov by noon tomorrow, Wednesday, February 23rd.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senate Democrats for defeating yesterday by a vote of 44-49 Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) amendment that would have blocked all funding, including local, for District of Columbia schools. Cruz’s amendment, which was offered to the latest fiscal year 2022 continuing resolution (CR), would have prohibited any funds appropriated by the CR from being provided to schools that enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. The CR appropriates federal funds to states, D.C. and territories but also appropriates D.C.’s local funds. D.C. will enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students next school year, and D.C. currently enforces a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students participating in school-based extracurricular athletics.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned Representative Andrew Clyde’s (R-GA) attacks on the District of Columbia yesterday, including his statements that he is “actively working” on a bill to repeal the D.C. Home Rule Act and that D.C. has been a “reign of terror” since passage of the Home Rule Act in 1973. Clyde, who is a member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, which has jurisdiction over D.C., is contemplating action and using rhetoric not seen with respect to D.C. from Republicans since the early and mid-1990s.