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May 17, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will testify before the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands on her bill to recognize and preserve the Civil War defenses of Washington located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland today, Thursday, May 17, 2018, at: 2:00 p.m., in 1324 Longworth House Office Building.

May 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the groundbreaking ceremony for Bread for the City’s new Southeast Center tomorrow, Thursday, May 17, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., at 1710 Good Hope Rd. SE.

May 15, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution honoring the sponsors of “SummerSet DC,” a lunchtime music series featuring performances by a wide variety of local artists every Thursday from noon – 2:00 p.m. on the National Mall at 7th St. and Jefferson St. SW (in front of the National Air and Space Museum).

May 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, will kick off National Infrastructure Week by participating in two press events tomorrow, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.

May 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the nation commemorates Public Service Recognition Week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD) today introduced the RECOVER Act (Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act) to provide free lifetime identity protection coverage to current, former and prospective federal employees and contractors whose Social Security Numbers were compromised by Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breaches in 2015.

May 8, 2018

Watch Norton's Hearing Questioning

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the 2020 census exposed the Department of Commerce's decision to add a citizens


May 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today welcomed Team 26, a group of 26 cyclists inspired to action after the 2012 tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, to the District of Columbia as they completed their 400-mile journey from Newtown.

May 7, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will press her bill to prohibit the Census Bureau from including questions on citizenship, nationality or immigration status on the 2020 census questionnaire and thereafter at an Oversight Government Reform Committee hearing, entitled “Progress Report on the 2020 Census,” tomorrow, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

May 6, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) can be seen on this week’s episode of the PBS series “To The Contrary” as Norton and other panelists discuss the explosive new allegations against famous rapper R. Kelly of sexual assault of underage Black girls, his attempt to cover it up and cancellations of his performances.

May 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her 2018 Small Business Fair will take place on Thursday, June 7, 2018, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon Place NW). The Fair is free of charge and open only to District of Columbia residents and small businesses.