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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to create a national commission to combat sexual harassment in the nation's major industries and workplaces. The commission would report to Congress on recommended changes in law or regulations and is modeled on legislation Congress enacted to combat other national problems. Norton, the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), issued the first federal guidelines holding sexual harassment to be a violation of equal employment laws, later upheld by the Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bill co-led by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) to direct the General Services Administration (GSA) to dispose or sell the Daniel Webster School in downtown D.C. for fair market value was marked up and passed by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works today. The legislation would return the long-vacant Webster School building to productive use. It passed the House in December.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) today introduced a bipartisan bill to equip the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with the necessary tools 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. The companies involved have launched websites with fake 5-star reviews, and when negative reviews are submitted, the scammers simply close down the existing companies and open new ones, repeating the original scheme under a new FMCSA license.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of today’s Rules Committee consideration of a bill by Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) to prohibit D.C. residents who are not citizens from voting in local D.C. elections, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that D.C. residents are capable of governing their own local affairs without interference from members of Congress who weren’t elected by D.C. D.C.’s Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act, which allows noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections, was passed by the D.C. Council in 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After today’s Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources hearing to receive testimony from the National Park Service on her bill with Rep. James Comer (R-KY) to authorize transfer administrative control of the RFK Stadium campus to D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked National Parks Subcommittee Chairman Angus King (I-ME) for holding the hearing, which represents the bill’s first step in the Senate towards a full vote in that chamber. The House passed the bill in February.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) highlighted the Biden Administration’s Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) opposing the D.C. CRIMES Act, which the House is considering today. The SAP stated that the bill was “a counterproductive and destructive invasion of the District’s right to self-governance and would impede public safety and crime reduction.” D.C.’s three top local elected officials, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, and Attorney General Brian Schwalb, also oppose the bill.