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September 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that the Government Accountability Office’s report on the enacted fiscal year (FY) 2022 earmarks demonstrates that the District of Columbia’s lack of statehood likely cost D.C. tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in FY 2022 earmarks. While Norton received a similar amount of FY 2022 earmark funding as other House members, D.C. had no senators to request earmarks in the Senate. For example, Vermont, which has a smaller population than D.C., received $193 million more than D.C. in FY 2022 earmark funding, and Alaska, which has only 62,000 more residents than D.C., received $234 million more than D.C. in FY 2022 earmark funding.
Norton Introduces Resolution Designating September as ‘Peace Month’, Inspired by D.C. Second Graders
September 21, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, on the International Day of Peace, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September 2022 as national “Peace Month” and calling on Congress to take action to promote peace, at home and abroad. The idea for the resolution came from the Helpful Potato Bugs, a class of second-grade students at Horace Mann Elementary School in the District of Columbia. In 2018, the students sent Norton a handwritten note, adorned with peace signs, expressing their desire to “help make the world a peaceful place” and for “all Americans to be nice, have no conflicts, and be very peaceful.” Norton has been introducing resolutions supporting the designation of September as Peace Month since then.
September 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act, which would be the biggest expansion of D.C. home rule since passage of the D.C. Home Rule Act in 1973, passed the Committee on Oversight and Reform today. The bill would give D.C. the exclusive authority to prosecute D.C. crimes, give D.C. the exclusive authority to grant clemency for D.C. crimes, and eliminate the congressional review period for D.C. legislation.
September 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House today passed her Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act, which would authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor enslaved persons. The memorial, to be established by the Georgetown African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour, would honor enslaved persons’ presence, celebrate their contributions to history, and recognize their resilience and fortitude. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the bill in the Senate.
September 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) congratulated Judge Florence Pan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on her confirmation today by the Senate to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Norton recommended Pan to President Biden for the U.S. District Court for D.C. Pan is the second judge recommended by Norton to be approved for a higher court this year. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom Norton recommended to President Obama for the U.S. District Court for D.C., was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
September 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her statement ahead of tomorrow’s Committee on Oversight and Reform markup of her District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act, which would be the biggest expansion of D.C. home rule since passage of the D.C. Home Rule Act in 1973. The bill would give D.C. the exclusive authority to prosecute D.C. crimes, give D.C. the exclusive authority to grant clemency for D.C. crimes, and eliminate the congressional review period for D.C. legislation. The markup begins at 10 a.m.
September 19, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that her bill to authorize the establishment of a memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia to honor enslaved persons will be on the House floor for a vote on today, September 19, 2022. The memorial, to be established by the Georgetown African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour, would honor enslaved persons’ presence, celebrate their contributions to history and recognize their resilience and fortitude. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the bill in the Senate.
September 16, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the House Committee on Oversight and Reform will mark up her District of Columbia Home Rule Expansion Act, which would be the biggest expansion of D.C. home rule since passage of the D.C. Home Rule Act in 1973, at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The bill would give D.C. the exclusive authority to prosecute D.C. crimes, give D.C. the exclusive authority to grant clemency for D.C. crimes, and eliminate the congressional review period for D.C. legislation.
September 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, September 19 at 11:00 a.m. ET, the Truck Safety Coalition will host a live press conference announcing the release of the new “Deadliest Truck Crash States Report” and feature powerful crash victim statements with reporters alongside Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Citizens for Reliable Safe Highways Board Chair and former National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Administrator Joan Claybrook.
September 14, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced that Norton’s Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act, which would revoke the independent real estate leasing authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and direct the Government Accountability Office to update its 2016 report on independent real estate leasing authority, passed the House today. The bill passed out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in July.