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January 9, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After being denied the courtesy to testify, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the statement she would have given and that she has asked to be included in the record during today’s House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice hearing on H.R. 7, which would, among other things, permanently prohibit the District of Columbia from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, and define the D.C. government as part of the federal government for the purposes of abortion.
January 8, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the denial of her request to testify, the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Norton will hold a press conference tomorrow in advance of tomorrow’s House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice’s hearing on a bill (H.R. 7) that would, among other things, permanently prohibit the District of Columbia from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women, and define the D.C. government as part of the federal government for the purposes of abortion.
January 8, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Highways and Transit Subcommittee, will hold a community meeting on environmental issues associated with the Virginia Avenue Tunnel Project on Saturday, January 25, at 2:00 p.m., at a location to be determined, with the surrounding community near Capitol Hill, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) and CSX.
January 7, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Paperwork Reduction Act to eliminate the congressional review period for legislation passed by the D.C. Council.
January 7, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, on the first legislative day of the second session of the 113th Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that President Obama renominated Christopher “Casey” Cooper and Tanya Chutkan to be judges on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman last year.
January 7, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that House Republicans “could not get past the day after returning for the second session of the 113th Congress without attacking the right of the District of Columbia to self-government.”
December 28, 2013
Today, once again, Republicans will indulge their penchant for slowing economic growth, as 1.3 million Americans lose unemployment insurance benefits during this season of brotherly love, with 3.6 million more to follow next year.
December 26, 2013
Gains for D.C. in 2013, despite the dismal 113th Congress, have boosted the optimism of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) for 2014.
December 24, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, on the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on Congress “to expand the Home Rule Act to include all the elements of self-government commensurate with other U.S. jurisdictions.”
December 20, 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) spoke by phone with Tanya Chutkan yesterday to inform her that President Obama would nominate her to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as recommended by the Congresswoman.