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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her bill to require retail establishments to provide individuals who have medical conditions requiring immediate access to restrooms, such as Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and ulcerative colitis, access to employee-only bathrooms when such establishments do not have public facilities. The individual would need to present documentation of their medical condition and the bill will include provisions to protect the safety of employees.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from today’s press conference with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and city officials about the proposed cut to the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) in the fiscal year (FY 25) 2025 budget resolution, which she said will catastrophically harm District residents. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2025, as “D.C. Statehood Day” and calling for statehood for the District through enactment of her Washington, D.C. Admission Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution commemorating the 1848 slave escape that occurred in D.C. on the ship the Pearl.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her resolution commemorating Emancipation Day. Emancipation Day, which is an official holiday in D.C., honors the date in 1862 when President Abraham Lincoln freed 3,100 enslaved individuals in the District, nine months ahead of the Emancipation Proclamation. This year it falls the day after the deadline for filing federal taxes.