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February 14, 2025
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.”

February 11, 2025
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.

February 11, 2025
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.

February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from today’s address to the American Federation of Government Employees Legislative Conference.

Norton’s full remarks, as prepared for delivery follow.

 

Remarks of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton

AFGE Conference Remarks

February 10, 2025


February 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced their bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the approximately 200,000 African Americans who fought to preserve the Union during the Civil War. The bill introduction coincides with Black History Month.


February 6, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from yesterday’s speech on the House floor in defense of federal employees, who are suffering continued attacks from the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress.

“The Trump administration seems intent on dismantling much of the federal government, in violation of the Constitution, federal statutes and federal regulations,” Norton said. “The administration has relentlessly attacked federal employees, subjecting them to chaos and fear.


February 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from today’s rally to protest the Department of Governmental Efficiency interference at the Department of Labor.

February 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Gary Peters (D-MI) today introduced the Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act, which would remove the term “retarded” from Title 11 of the District of Columbia Code and replace it with more appropriate and respectful terminology. Under the D.C. Home Rule Act, only Congress can amend Title 11 of the D.C. Code.

February 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement today regarding federal employees: “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the ongoing, and often illegal and unconstitutional, attacks against our federal workforce. Today’s attempted illegal gutting of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is just the most recent in a long line of attacks on federal employees, now only two weeks into the current Administration.

January 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) announced they will reintroduce a bipartisan bill to equip the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with the necessary tools to protect consumers from fraud perpetrated by scammers in the interstate transportation of household goods. The bill was written to address a growing type of fraud involving entities that charge an up-front fee, pack and hold consumers’ household goods, then demand more funds to deliver or release the items.