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June 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that when Congress returns to session tomorrow, she will reintroduce a bill to permanently authorize a District of Columbia National Guard tuition assistance program and name it for Major General David F. Wherley, a former Commanding General of the D.C. National Guard, who, with his wife, Ann, was killed in the tragic Red Line Metro crash on June 22, 2009. Today, on the sixth anniversary of the accident, Norton spoke at the dedication ceremony of Legacy Memorial Park, a new memorial to honor the nine District of Columbia-area residents killed in the crash.
June 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement after a gunman on Wednesday night opened fire at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people.
June 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the Highways and Transit subcommittee, today warned District of Columbia and regional residents that the National Park Service (NPS) will begin enforcing a 10-ton load limit on Arlington Memorial Bridge on Monday, June 22.
June 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the investiture ceremony of Judge Amit Mehta, who is the first Asian Pacific American judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, today at 4:30 p.m. at 333 Constitution Avenue NW (Sixth Floor).
June 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today met with National Park Service (NPS) officials to determine if NPS had a permanent solution to the issues with the Washington Monument’s elevator that have arisen due to electrical problems two years in a row as tourist season began.
June 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer remarks at the first annual Juneteenth Book Festival Symposium on Black Literature and Literacy, today, June 19, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in the Reading Room of the African and Middle Eastern Division (LJ 220) in the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building (10 First St. SE).
June 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she will meet tomorrow with National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent Karen Cucurullo and other NPS officials to discuss how to improve the long-term condition of the Washington Monument’s elevator, which was out of operation for nearly a week for the second straight year as the tourist season began.
June 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the Senate fiscal year 2016 Homeland Security Appropriations bill includes $212 million for consolidation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) headquarters at St. Elizabeths.
June 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, for introducing a bill to modernize and improve the daily operations of the District of Columbia Courts, the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS) and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA).
June 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to permanently place a statue depicting Pierre L’Enfant, a District of Columbia citizen and designer of the city’s master plan, in the U.S. Capitol. In response to a D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) competition for D.C. statues in the Capitol in 2006, D.C. residents chose L’Enfant as one of the top ten Americans who have given distinguished service to the District.