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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today released a statement offering early congratulations to Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI), the presumptive chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over District of Columbia matters, who, according to Roll Call, recently announced his general preference for more home rule for the District.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will speak at the 2014 Annual Adoption Day Celebration tomorrow, Saturday, November 22, around 10:40 a.m. at the Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Avenue NW. The annual event celebrates the adoptions of children in the District of Columbia and features remarks from social workers, local officials, and adopted children. At the event, a D.C. Superior Court judge will announce the new last name for each child as they are received by their new parents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that President Obama's new measured and modest temporary Immigration Accountability Executive Actions, which feature keeping families together, was a legal and constitutional use of his presidential authority, in keeping with existing precedents to unify families torn apart by delay on immigration reform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton's recommendation for judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, her last to President Obama for this Congress, Amit Mehta, was confirmed today by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mehta, who would be the first Asian Pacific American judge on the court, was recommended by the Congresswoman to President Obama.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today released a statement congratulating Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) on becoming the committee's chairman.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will take advantage of another opportunity to carry the District of Columbia statehood message by speaking at the November Progressive Roundtable hosted by Progressive Democrats of America tomorrow, Wednesday, November 19, at 1:15 p.m. on Capitol Hill, Cannon House Office Building, room 121. Last weekend, Norton opened the D.C. Statehood Strategy Summit hosted by the D.C. Statehood Coalition. The Summit was the first official gathering of D.C.
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will continue aggressive outreach to recruit students for Service Academy nominations from her office at Eastern Senior High School (1700 East Capitol Street NE) tonight, November 18, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and at Bell Multicultural High School (3101 16th Street NW) tomorrow, Wednesday, November 19, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will give opening remarks at a District of Columbia Statehood Strategy Summit tomorrow, Saturday, November 15, at 10:00 a.m. at First Congregational United Church (9445 G Street NW). The Summit, hosted by the D.C. Statehood Coalition, is the first official gathering of D.C. statehood activists since September's historic Senate hearing on D.C. statehood.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following yesterday's release of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) investigation into the Secret Service's response to the White House breach by Omar Gonzalez, Norton called for an immediate top-to-bottom review of the Secret Service that focuses on "internal and seriously flawed systemic problems" with the agency. The DHS report, released yesterday, pointed out numerous security lapses, including malfunctioning radios and alarm systems, and unprepared agents.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will get up to an hour on the House floor today, November 14th, around 2:00 p.m., to defend the District of Columbia's democratically passed marijuana legalization initiative, Initiative 71, and to speak about the progress of District of Columbia statehood and how to keep the progress going as we move into the 114th Congress. She asked for the time in light of the threats to overturn Initiative 71 and in advance of the D.C.