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August 31, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a statement on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, which she helped organize as a member of its staff. Norton, who later became the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, established by a provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, said the 1963 March paved the way for civil rights legislative victories to come.
August 31, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her annual resolution to designate the month of September as “National Campus Sexual Assault Awareness Month,” and said that the vastly different campus class structure this year due to the pandemic should not obscure the importance of ensuring students have safe campuses to return to, both now with some students returning to campuses and after the pandemic recedes.
August 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the sponsors of the District of Columbia statehood bill, today announced that the Senate has begun the procedural process (Rule 14) to bypass committee consideration of the House-passed D.C. statehood bill (H.R. 51) and to place H.R. 51 directly on the Senate Calendar of Business, which makes the bill available for floor consideration.
August 24, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C – Last week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution designating Chuck Brown’s birthday, August 22, 2020, as “Chuck Brown Day” in the District of Columbia and across the nation to honor his contributions as the “Godfather of Go-Go.” The District celebrated Chuck Brown’s legacy on August 22nd.
August 22, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In speaking on the House floor today in favor of a bill to restore postal services and to provide $25 billion to help the U.S. Postal Service survive, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reminded Americans that “the pandemic had not kept the mail from being faithfully delivered” until Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was appointed.
August 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a press conference today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which will hear from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Monday, heard from two District of Columbia residents, who also serve as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners, about the personal cost of delayed or missing mail, as well as two postal union representatives about the impact of DeJoy’s changes on mail service. In describing the outpouring of concern, Norton introduced the residents by saying, “We won’t be able to fix what has gone wrong with the U.S. Postal Service unless we hear from those most affected.”
August 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the significant progress reported in the District of Columbia’s 2019 HIV, STD, Hepatitis and TB Surveillance Report, released yesterday, encourages her to continue her efforts in Congress that have been vital to D.C.’s success in combatting HIV/AIDS.
August 20, 2020
Congresswoman Norton’s weekly e-newsletter summarizing significant actions of the prior week. Catch up on what you may have missed.
August 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a press conference today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, which will hear from Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Monday, indicated a number of questions she will ask DeJoy.
August 17, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In advance of a press conference tomorrow on the Postal Service with members of Congress from the District of Columbia region, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR), which has jurisdiction over the Postal Service, today sent a letter to U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The letter raised concerns that D.C. residents, especially those in Ward 8, began receiving highly inadequate services from the Postal Service beginning when DeJoy took office. In Ward 8 particularly, residents have reported not receiving their mail for over two weeks and other concerns with the Postal Service. DeJoy will be testifying at a COR hearing on August 24, 2020.