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October 9, 2018
The Republican rationale for confirming Brett Kavanaugh would make it impossible for virtually any woman (or man) to ever prevail when alleging unwanted sexual behavior.
October 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has jurisdiction over federal employees, today released the following statement after a tentative congressional agreement was reached for a 1.9 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees.
October 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she will introduce a bill to remove the authority of a federal agency, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), to review or approve the development of District of Columbia government-owned land.
October 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons Acting Director Hugh Hurwitz asking that five District of Columbia Code juveniles currently housed by BOP in a juvenile facility in Pennsylvania be transferred to an appropriate facility in the District.
October 4, 2018
The Republican Senate’s calculated march to confirmation is turning into an insult to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and to women in the United States.
October 2, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior Member of the House Aviation Subcommittee, will deliver the keynote address at the Air Traffic Controller Associations’ (ACTA) second annual “Women in Aviation Breakfast” tomorrow, Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at 8:15 a.m., at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center (201 Waterfront St. National Harbor, MD).
October 2, 2018
There is a new Kavanaugh investigation controversy brewing in real time under our congressional noses.
October 2, 2018
There is a new Kavanaugh investigation controversy brewing in real time under our congressional noses.
Norton Thanks D.C. Second Graders for Her Resolution Designating September as National ‘Peace Month’
September 28, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution to designate September as “Peace Month” and to call on Congress to take action to promote peace, at home and abroad, an idea that came from the Helpful Potato Bugs, a class of second grade students at Horace Mann Elementary School in the District of Columbia.
September 28, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the House of Representatives gavels out until the November elections, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will hold time on the House floor to talk about the record-breaking support she has garnered for District of Columbia statehood this Congress, while simultaneously fighting back against a record number of anti-democratic attacks by House Republicans on D.C.’s local laws and policies.