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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that yesterday she defeated all the anti-home-rule amendments filed by Republicans on the House’s fiscal year 2022 District of Columbia Appropriations bill in the Rules Committee. The bill will be on the House floor today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that President Biden today nominated Matthew M. Graves to be the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Norton recommended Graves to Biden. Biden, like Presidents Clinton and Obama, has granted Norton senatorial courtesy for judges on 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) today vowed to defeat the anti-home-rule amendments filed by Republicans on the House’s fiscal year 2022 District of Columbia Appropriations bill in the Rules Committee. The committee will consider the amendments on Monday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced four amendments she filed today to fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. The House Rules Committee is expected to consider the amendments next week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today four amendments she has filed to fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. The House Rules Committee will consider the amendments next week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Committee on Oversight and Reform passed Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) bill to require the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA) and the Director of the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia (PSA) to be District of Columbia residents during their tenure. CSOSA and PSA are federal agencies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the House Committee on Natural Resources passed her District of Columbia Flood Prevention Act as part of the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act of 2021. Norton’s bill would amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (CZMA) to include the District of Columbia in the definition of a coastal state, making D.C. eligible for federal coastal zone management funding and granting it oversight authority over federally issued permits, facilities, and actions that affect the coastal waters of the District. Last Congress, Norton’s bill passed the House as part of the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act.

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Committee on Oversight and Reform will mark up her bill to require the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA) and the Director of the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia (PSA) to be District of Columbia residents during their tenure tomorrow, July 20th at 10 a.m. CSOSA and PSA are federal agencies.