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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) presented Documented Original Tuskegee Airman Walter K. Robinson Sr., a District of Columbia resident, with a bronze replicate of the Tuskegee Airmen’s Congressional Gold Medal.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today at an Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee hearing on disaster mitigation and recovery called climate change “the elephant in the room” and pressed witnesses on whether federal, state, and local governments are prepared to deal with the increasing number and severity of natural disasters, particularly in geographic areas where such disasters are unexpected.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today celebrated National Pretzel Day on Capitol Hill with a local District of Columbia business, the Pretzel Bakery, which handed out free pretzels to a long line of staff and others.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the threat of a federal government shutdown looms and with many spending issues still unresolved, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today assured District of Columbia residents that the D.C. government will avoid shutting down if the federal government shuts down because of a provision she got included in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus appropriations bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the looming threat of a federal government shutdown later this week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill that would guarantee back pay to federally-contracted retail, food, custodial and security service workers furloughed during a shutdown in fiscal year 2017.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to require certain federal officials who serve the District of Columbia to live in the city.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As Congress prepares to come back from its spring recess tomorrow, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR), noted that OGR Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) announced during the recess that he would give up his seat, possibly before the end of this Congress. Norton issued the following statement.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ) requesting a hearing on the violent removal of a passenger from a United Airlines flight this past Sunday.