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September 13, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today honored District of Columbia resident Dr. Neal A. Young, a recipient of the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Science and Environment, with an entry in the Congressional Record.


September 13, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) expressed deep gratitude to her friends in the Senate, who took the lead and quickly got Senate approval today, by unanimous consent, of H.R.


September 11, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) issued the following statement today marking the eleventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.


September 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was very pleased that the House today passed a bill, H.R. 6336, to move the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue to the United States Capitol. The bill was introduced by Committee on House Administration Chairman Dan Lungren (R-CA) and co-sponsored by Norton. It is similar to a concurrent resolution, S. Con. Res.


September 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that fiscal year 2013 continuing resolution (CR) contains, at her request, a $9.8 million federal payment to the District of Columbia to cover the costs associated with the upcoming presidential inauguration.


September 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the House will vote later today on a bill, H.R. 6336, to move the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue into the United States Capitol. The bill, proposed by Rep.


September 10, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today called on House and Senate leadership to include in the six-month fiscal year 2013 continuing resolution (CR), expected for a House vote later this week, a provision to ensure that the District of Columbia government does not face a shutdown threat later in the fiscal year that begins October 1.


September 4, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that acoustic guitarist Dennis Ballard will perform at Lunchtime Music on the Mall on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the National Mall near the Smithsonian Metro Station.


August 29, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join Ward 4 Council member Muriel Bowser, Rock Creek Park Superintendant Tara Morrison, and community members for the ribbon cutting of the newly installed lights at Sherman Circle NW (near Kansas Ave. NW and Illinois Ave. NW) tonight, August 29, 2012, at 7:00 p.m.


August 28, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will be on hand this evening, Tuesday,August 28, 2012, for her office's "Government to Go" constituent services office hours at the Safeway at 2845 Alabama Avenue, SE from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.