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January 4, 2015

For herself and D.C. residents, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton offered her deepest sympathy to Anne Brooke on the passing of former Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, the nation's first African American popularly elected senator. Senator Brooke, who was 95, grew up in LeDroit Park and attended Dunbar High School here in the District.


December 30, 2014

Reports on the cost to the District of Columbia of providing public safety at marches and demonstrations here on racial profiling in law enforcement nationwide have not noted that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), at least since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has secured annual federal payments for the costs to the city of emergency planning and security related to the pre


December 29, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has issued a release containing a set of predictions about the upcoming 114th Congress along with a discussion of what happened during the 113th, and is prepared to talk about any of them that might be of interest to you.


December 29, 2014

Norton Defies Unproductive Congress with Bills Enacted, Statehood Breakthroughs; Checkmated Anti-Home-Rule Riders; Perfect Score on Judges Confirmed; More Economic Development Projects; and D.C. Funding Despite Budget Cuts

Introduction: Unafraid of the Coming Republican Congress


December 29, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Before the 114th Congress convenes, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has begun the fight to restore an equal citizenship right District of Columbia residents once had, but was taken away by House Republicans on the first day of the 112th Congress. Norton will be joined by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Kerwin Miller, a D.C.


December 26, 2014

Norton Set Records in 113th Congress, Undaunted by New Republican Congress, Makes Predictions for 2015

Norton Defies Unproductive Congress with Bills Enacted, Statehood Breakthroughs; Checkmated Anti-Home-Rule Riders; Perfect Score on Judges Confirmed; More Economic Development Projects; and D.C. Funding Despite Budget Cuts


December 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement by Norton on the killing Saturday of two New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu:


December 19, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will offer opening remarks at the 139th birthday commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, tonight, December 19, around 6:30 p.m.


December 19, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee, today said the review of the Secret Service, compiled by the U.S. Secret Service Protective Mission Panel to the Secretary of Homeland Security, contains key recommendations that she pushed for earlier this year.


December 18, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton's statement on the Obama Administration's efforts to normalize diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba.