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July 24, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the District of Columbia Zoning Commission Home Rule Act today, which would give D.C. the authority to appoint all members of the D.C. Zoning Commission (Commission). Currently, the Commission consists of two federal officials (the Architect of the Capitol and the Director of the National Park Service), in addition to three members appointed by D.C.’s mayor with the D.C. Council’s approval, even though the Commission has no authority over federal property. Despite the D.C. Home Rule Act, which gave D.C. authority over local matters, 40 percent of the members of the Commission are federal officials, who are unaccountable to the nearly 700,000 D.C. residents.
July 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus (QSC), celebrated with her colleagues after the House passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill this morning and defeated a provision filed by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) that would have increased aircraft noise and congestion by adding seven round-trip flights to Reagan National Airport (DCA) per day. In total, five amendments from QSC members passed, strengthening the provisions increasing community collaboration on noise mitigation.
July 19, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Scott Perry (R-PA) introduced a bill to direct the General Services Administration (GSA) to sell the Daniel Webster School in downtown D.C. for fair market value. This legislation would return this long-vacant building to productive use.
July 18, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After her amendments to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Bill were excluded by the Rules Committee late last night and an amendment filed by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) to increase the number of flights to Reagan National Airport was advanced, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus, said she is disappointed but unsurprised that the Republican-controlled House chose to prioritize the temporary comfort of members of Congress over passenger safety and equality for D.C.
July 17, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill today to require the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA) and the Director of the Pretrial Services Agency for the District of Columbia (PSA) to be D.C. residents during their tenure. CSOSA is a federal agency, and PSA is an independent entity within CSOSA.
July 14, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– After the House and Senate Appropriations Committees each marked up their versions of the fiscal year 2024 appropriations bill that funds D.C. yesterday, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that although she was able to get some victories for D.C., she is very disappointed with the anti-home rule riders in both bills, but especially the House version.
July 14, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Committee on House Administration reported out the American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act, which contains several provisions to interfere in local D.C. elections, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the markup demonstrated Republican’s commitment to reducing access to voting in D.C. and the country and interfering with D.C. home rule. The ACE Act would make it more difficult to vote and administer elections in the District of Columbia.
July 13, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed disappointment today after the House Rules Committee did not make her amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in order. Norton filed several D.C.-related amendments to the bill, including:
July 12, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability marked up Rep. August Pfluger’s (R-TX) bill to prohibit D.C. residents who are not citizens from voting in local D.C. elections, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today vowed to do everything possible to defeat the bill. The D.C. Council passed the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 last year, which allows noncitizens to vote in local D.C. elections.
July 10, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her bill to require retail establishments to provide individuals who have medical conditions requiring immediate access to restrooms, such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, access to employee-only bathrooms when such establishments do not have public facilities. The individual would need to present documentation of the medical condition and the bill will include provisions to protect the safety of employees.