Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced additional victories she secured for the District of Columbia in recently released House appropriations bills and accompanying reports. She secured $150 million in special capital funding for Metro and $184 million for a new Howard University Hospital. In addition, the Committee on Appropriations directed the Federal Railroad Administration to continue working with D.C. on the Union Station expansion project and to consider the feedback of all stakeholders, including residents of affected neighborhoods, in its planning process. The committee also directed the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to improve public access to the National Arboretum with the goal of removing car traffic from the surrounding neighborhood.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her statement for the record ahead of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Jia Cobb and District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Florence Pan for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Norton recommended Cobb and Pan to President 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), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) introduced a bill today to require the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to provide inmates from jurisdictions that allow inmates to vote, like the District of Columbia, Maine, and Vermont, information on how to register to vote and request absentee ballots.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she secured nearly $12 million in Community Project Funding, formerly known as earmarks, for District of Columbia organizations in the House’s fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills. The Community Project Funding recipients are:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she is looking forward to her appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert tomorrow, Tuesday July 13, particularly now that the House has passed her District of Columbia. statehood bill twice. Colbert first interviewed Norton in 2006 for his “Better Know A District” segment on his Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” teasing her for not being able to cast a vote on the House floor. Their banter, at times contentious but always in the spirit of comedy, helped grow national awareness for D.C.’s lack of voting representation in Congress. Colbert has interviewed Norton several times since.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On June 29, 2021, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) held a virtual community meeting on whether the portion of Beach Drive NW that has been closed to vehicles during the pandemic should remain closed permanently. Yesterday, the National Park Service (NPS), which owns the road, held a public meeting on the closure and opened an initial public comment period through August 22, 2021. For information on how to submit comments, residents should visit ParkPlanning.nps.gov.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she introduced today a 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 D.C. residents during their tenure. CSOSA is a federal agency, and PSA is an independent entity within CSOSA.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today celebrated the announcement that the fencing around the Capitol Building grounds, erected after the January 6th attack on the Capitol, will be removed. The removal will start as soon as tomorrow and is expected to take three days. Norton has long worked to remove the fencing at the Capitol complex, both for its symbolism against open and democratic government and to restore access to roads and walkways for D.C. residents, emergency services, mail delivery, and local businesses. She also introduced a bill to prohibit federal funding from being used to install permanent fencing at the Capitol complex.