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January 29, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said she will stoutly defend two bills recently signed by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser from congressional interference, after a conservative group yesterday called on Congress to pass disapproval resolutions to overturn the bills. The Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act would prohibit D.C.


January 27, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2015, her second bill of the 114th Congress, to allow D.C.'s local budget to take effect after it is approved by the city without congressional approval.


January 27, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has written President Barack Obama requesting he include in his fiscal year 2016 budget continued funding for the construction of the consolidated headquarters for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the St. Elizabeths campus in Ward 8 in the District of Columbia.


January 26, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, today said that federal agencies need to clarify existing federal policy specifying that drones and other unmanned aircraft may not be flown in the National Mall area, including the White House grounds.


January 26, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today joined Joint Economic Committee Ranking Member and lead sponsor Carolyn B.


January 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on at a Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Wednesday questioned a panel of airplane industry experts on what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intends to do to address complaints from her constituents regarding airplane noise in D.C. neighborhoods, including the Palisades, Georgetown, Foxhall and Bellevue.

January 22, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton has been elected by her fellow Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to return as Ranking Member of its Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.


January 22, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked her good friend, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD-5), for introducing a House resolution to amend the House Rules and allow U.S. Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to vote on the House Floor in the Committee of the Whole.