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March 20, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has put in a call to her friend District of Columbia Councilmember Trayon White (Ward 8), following his comments suggesting that the Rothschilds—a prominent Jewish family—control the climate and the federal government.
March 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today criticized Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) for failing to disclose to the public that his anti-LGBT First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) applies not only to the federal government but to one local jurisdiction, the District of Columbia, as well.
March 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Congressman André Carson (D-IN) today introduced a bill to clarify and protect certain due process rights of federal employees serving in sensitive positions. The bill would overturn a 2013 federal court decision that stripped many federal employees of due process rights to an independent review of an agency decision removing them from a job on national security grounds.
March 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) responded to a letter from District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser refusing to withdraw his bill to eliminate nearly all of the city’s gun safety laws.
March 19, 2018
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD), and Congressman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) today called for an increase in pay for people serving on federal juries, from $40 to $50 per day. This modest raise would be the first increase to federal juror pay in 28 years.
March 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today participated in a Women’s Caucus hearing on combating sexual harassment in the workplace, specifically harassment in the service sector.
March 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced the Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act to encourage exercise and healthy eating habits.
March 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the tragic passing of her good friend Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY).
March 15, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will appear at the ribbon cutting of the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 9th Annual Business Expo, “Invest in Your Success,” tomorrow, Friday, March 16, 2018, at 9:30 a.m., at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon PL NW).
March 14, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned the introduction of the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA), sponsored by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), which would prohibit the federal and District of Columbia governments, but not state governments, from denying benefits, contracts and the like to individuals, non-profits and for-profits that discriminate against LGBT people, as well as individuals who engage in extramarital relations, based on a sincerely-held religious belief or moral conviction.