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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Ahead of Veterans Day, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her annual resolution honoring D.C.’s veterans and current service members and their families, all who served their country and continue to serve without voting representation in Congress or complete home rule. The resolution condemns the denial of voting rights in Congress and full home rule for D.C. veterans and their families and calls for statehood for the District.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after the Rules Committee yesterday made in order three anti-D.C. home rule amendments and did not make in order Norton’s amendments to the D.C. Appropriations bill that will soon be coming to the House floor. The Committee made in order an amendment by Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) to prohibit D.C. from using its local funds to require an individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, one filed by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) to prohibit D.C. from using its own local funds on signage to designate 16th Street Northwest as “Black Lives Matter Plaza,” and one filed by Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) to prohibit D.C. from using its local funds to carry out the section of D.C.’s Immunization of School Students At of 1979 that required students to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.  D.C. has already repealed this section.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX), Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), and Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) filed six anti-D.C. home rule amendments to the fiscal year 2024 D.C. appropriations bill, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement calling the amendments anti-democratic and vowing to do everything in her power to defeat them.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Marc Molinaro (R-NY) 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.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed more than a dozen amendments with the Rules Committee to remove anti-home-rule riders from the House’s fiscal year 2024 District of Columbia Appropriations bill as it goes to the House floor.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her Federal Gift Shop Tax Act today to allow state and local governments to impose a sales tax on purchases at gift shops located on federal property.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) this week introduced the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act, which would prohibit the installation of permanent fencing on the grounds of the United States Capitol complex. After the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, a fence was erected around the Capitol that stayed in place for months as officials recommended a permanent barrier. Norton criticized permanent fencing as both cosmetic and imprecise and instead called for smarter, state-of-the-art solutions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced her District of Columbia Juror Pay Parity Act, which would raise the pay of D.C. Superior Court jurors to match that of federal jurors.