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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, on Emancipation Day, announced a new resolution commemorating Emancipation Day and her District of Columbia statehood bill. Because the House was not in session today, Norton will introduce the resolution tomorrow, April 17, when the House will be in session, allowing for introduction.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a second letter to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Michael Carvajal, urgently asking him to finalize plans for the residents of the BOP-contracted men’s halfway house in the District of Columbia, Hope Village, before its contract expires on April 30, 2020.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked 102 national and local groups for sending a letter today calling on Congress to retroactively fix the treatment of the District of Columbia as a territory rather than a state in the state stabilization fund in the third coronavirus response bill, which deprived the District of $750 million. The letter, led by DC Vote, was signed by leading national civil rights, labor, environmental and democracy reform groups, as well as by local D.C. groups.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the letter she sent today to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) asking for its plan for individuals returning to the District of Columbia from BOP prisons, after Hope Village, the men’s halfway house in D.C., informed Norton that it would not seek an extension or renewal of its contract with BOP after it expires on April 30, 2020.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a District of Columbia Telephone Town Hall on Tuesday, April 14th at 6:00-7:00 p.m. to hear from residents and to discuss services available to residents during the coronavirus, including unemployment benefits, one-time direct payments of up to $1,200 for eligible individuals and small business loans.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) works on components she wants in a fourth coronavirus response bill, she said she was encouraged when Janet Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve said in a Democratic Caucus conference call this week that a fourth bill is necessary.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) informing her that BOP had conducted an unannounced site visit to Hope Village, the men’s halfway house in the District of Columbia, as Norton had requested.