Media
Latest News
October 9, 2014
Washington, D.C. -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a Capital Parks East Town Hall Meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue SE.
October 7, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, will receive the Legislative Leadership Award from the D.C. Federation of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association today, Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at 1:00 p.m.
October 7, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a roundtable, entitled “Solving Traffic Congestion at Union Station and Preparing for a Makeover Inside,” from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, October 8, 2014, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building, to discuss a plan to resolve traffic congestion, plans for development at Union Station and short-term and long-term goals for improvements.
October 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded President Obama’s recent actions to allow Central American children to apply for refugee status, which complies with international law, as reinforced by the United Nations in July, and to provide them legal services.
October 6, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) celebrated the decision by the Supreme Court today to decline to review federal appellate court rulings striking down same-sex marriage bans.
October 3, 2014
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will host a Capital Parks East Town Hall meeting to discuss the federal parkland in the Ward 7 and 8 communities.
Norton to Attend 70th Anniversary Dinner and Celebration at Florida Avenue Grill, a D.C. Institution
October 3, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who grew up in the District of Columbia, said today that she is looking forward to attending the 70th anniversary dinner and celebration for Florida Avenue Grill on Saturday, October 4, at 7:00 p.m.
October 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Congresswoman will host a Union Station roundtable, entitled “Solving Traffic Congestion and Preparing for a Makeover Inside Union Station,” Wednesday, October 8 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
October 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that federal contract workers at federal work sites here and across the nation deserve credit for the issuance yesterday by Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez of the final rule to implement the President’s Executive Order (EO) raising the minimum wage for workers on federal service and construction contracts to $10.10 per hour.
October 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One year after the federal government shut down, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that leading bond rating agencies reminded Congress this week that subjecting the District of Columbia government to shutdown threats cost the District on Wall Street and provided her with compelling ammunition as she urges Congress to adopt, during the lame-duck session, a Senate provision permanently exempting D.C. from shutdowns.