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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Promoting Healthier Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise Act, or the LIFE Act, to encourage exercise and healthy eating habits nationwide. The bill would provide $75 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat obesity and sedentary lifestyles in three ways: conducting national education campaigns about how to recognize and address obesity; training health professionals to recognize the signs of obesity early and to educate people concerning healthy lifestyles; and developing intervention strategies to be used in everyday life, such as in the workplace and in community settings. This initial funding would be for a pilot program to develop best practices and give the country a coherent national strategy for combating overweight and obesity.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the Department of the Treasury Officer Protection Act of 2024, which would allow Treasury Department police officers, including those who work at the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), to carry their service weapons home with them after they are no longer on duty.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2024, which would require the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to make publicly available the forms organizations that self-declare under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) file with the IRS. Norton says Americans have the right to know which organizations are operating under this section of the IRC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her bill to permanently authorize funding for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr., District of Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Program, which provides tuition and other financial assistance for higher education to members of the D.C. National GuardThe program was recommended by Major General Wherley before he was killed in 2009 and his successor at the D.C. National Guard to stem the loss of D.C. National Guard members to other units in surrounding states that offer higher education assistance to their members.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that news that Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced a bill to repeal the D.C. Home Rule Act is a sign that D.C. is closer than ever to statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to prohibit the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from charging individuals in its custody copays for health care visits. Individuals serving sentences for D.C. Code felonies are in BOP custody.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that, as the nation today celebrates 248 years since declaring independence from Great Britain in part because of taxation without representation, Congress must take the nation's founding slogan to heart and pass the D.C. statehood bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to repeal the authority of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over the District of Columbia. GAO, a federal agency that conducts investigations and audits for Congress, has the same authority over D.C. that it has over federal agencies. GAO's authorizing statute defines D.C. as a federal agency. In addition, GAO's authorizing statute and the D.C. Home Rule Act require GAO to engage in specific types of oversight of D.C.