Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), and Congressman Anthony Brown (D-MD) announced that their District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act, which would give the D.C. Mayor control over the D.C. National Guard (DCNG), passed the House today as part of the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Currently, the President controls the DCNG, while the governors of the states and territories control their National Guards. This is the first time either chamber has passed a bill to give the D.C. mayor control over the DCNG.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Senate today confirmed Florence Pan, Norton’s recommendation to President Biden, to be a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Biden, like Presidents Clinton and Obama, has granted Norton senatorial courtesy to recommend judges for the U.S. District Court for D.C., the U.S. Attorney for D.C., the U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court, and the U.S. Marshal for the U.S. District Court for D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) vowed to defeat the Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2021, introduced by Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA), which would, among other things, make it a federal crime to engage in violence during a labor dispute solely within the District of Columbia, but not solely within the states.  This year, Perry has filed the bill twice at the Rules Committee as amendments, and has also filed four anti-home-rule amendments at the Rules Committee to the fiscal year 2022 D.C. Appropriations bill, all of which were defeated.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a virtual discussion on Thursday, September 16, 2021, on issues affecting the Latinx community in the District of Columbia, including child care, immigration, rental assistance, food insecurity, the eviction crisis, and COVID-19 safety protocols in schools.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution marking Saturday, September 18, 2021, as National Dance Day. In 2010, Norton partnered with “So You Think You Can Dance” co-creator Nigel Lythgoe to launch the first National Dance Day with inaugural celebrations on the National Mall and in Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) received a response to her most recent letter to the United States Postal Service (USPS) about delayed and undelivered mail in the District of Columbia. In her September 1, 2021, letter, Norton noted that all eight wards continue to contact her office about late and undelivered mail. USPS described several actions it is taking. Norton said she will continue monitoring USPS in D.C. for the effects of the promised improvements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on District of Columbia residents to remember the children, teachers, and others lost in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, ahead of the 20th anniversary of the attacks.