Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to expand the mission of the National Park Service (NPS) to include active use of NPS parks in urban areas in addition to preservation. The idea for the bill came from a George Washington University report that examined strategies to create a more activated park system in D.C., which noted that NPS parks in D.C. are “inconsistently managed and inequitably maintained” and “do not meet the needs of people who both live near and experience the park system as a part of their daily lives.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After receiving recent reports that the Department of Defense (DoD) has asserted that ADS-B, a type of transponder used to communicate GPS data and project aircraft trajectory, is enabled on DoD helicopter flights in the National Capital Region, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to reconcile the reporting with contradictory information she received nearly two years ago.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated what is recognized as famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass' 206th birthday. Like many enslaved, Douglass did not know his birthday, but he celebrated it on Valentine’s Day. Norton’s D.C. statehood bill would name the 51st state “Washington, Douglass Commonwealth” in honor of Douglass, a longtime D.C. resident committed to the advocacy of equal rights for the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order to cut federal employees, limit future federal hires to one for every four departing employees, and require federal agencies to work with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The order says each agency will now have a "DOGE Team Lead.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that news that Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Congressman Andrew Ogles (R-TN) have introduced bills to repeal the District of Columbia Home Rule Act is a sign of the significant progress that D.C. has made toward statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced a bill to amend Title 1 of the United States Code to deem D.C. as both a state and political subdivision of a state – such as a city or county – for federal funding eligibility.