Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from her press conference today with Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR) Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) on the District of Columbia statehood bill. The press conference was held in advance of the COR hearing today on Norton’s D.C. statehood bill (H.R. 51), which begins at 11 a.m. Carper is the sponsor of the Senate companion bill (S. 51).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Senator Mike Braun, and Senator Kyrsten Sinema have reintroduced a bill aimed at fixing a broken system burdening teachers with unfair loans: the Consider Teachers Act of 2021.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she is looking forward to the press conference before Monday’s hearing on her D.C. statehood bill, H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which she is holding with Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the sponsor of the Senate companion bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the response from the National Park Service (NPS) to her letter dated December 10, 2020, asking that more resources be devoted to NPS parkland east of the Anacostia River to ensure a welcoming, accessible and clean environment for park visitors.

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released additional rules for fiscal year 2022 Community Project Funding, formerly known as earmarks. On March 9, Norton released the rules issued by the House Appropriations Committee for the funding and the process for submitting a request to her office. Subsequently, the Appropriations subcommittees that are accepting requests released additional rules on the types of projects that are eligible for funding, which are more restrictive than the original rules. The rules for each such subcommittee can be found here.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday, March 22, 2021, at 10:00 a.m., Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, and Senator Tom Carper will hold a press conference on H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act. Norton first introduced a D.C. statehood bill in 1991. Carper is the lead author of the Senate companion bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced details today on how her constituents and the general public can watch the upcoming House Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR) hearing on her D.C. statehood bill (H.R. 51). Due to coronavirus and security restrictions, D.C. residents and the general public won’t be able to attend the hearing in person, but they can watch it live on COR’s website at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 22nd.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke on the House floor today in support of a bill introduced by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that would award three congressional gold medals to law enforcement agencies for protecting the U.S. Capitol during the January 6, 2021. One medal would go to the Metropolitan Police Department of the District Columbia, one would go to the U.S. Capitol Police, and one would go to the other law enforcement agencies that responded. Norton said that this bill reminds Congress and the nation that the Metropolitan Police Department, paid for by D.C. residents, who have no voting representation in Congress, voluntarily helped save the Capitol, its occupants, and democracy itself. The House is expected to pass the bill today.