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September 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced she will speak during debate on the House floor against all four anti-D.C. home rule bills the House is expected to vote on this week. The general public can view the debates and votes on C-SPAN or live.house.gov.
September 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement on committee passage of her bill to allow the chair of the D.C. Council to transmit legislation to Congress in the form of the chair’s choosing, including in electronic form, and 13 bills introduced by Republican members of Congress targeting D.C. laws and policies. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform marked up the bills yesterday.
September 10, 2025
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks in advance of today’s House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform markup of her bill to allow the chair of the D.C. Council to transmit legislation to Congress in the form of the chair’s choosing, including electronic form. This bill seeks to modernize the method D.C. legislation is transmitted to Congress for the congressional review period.
September 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will speak on all 14 bills that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (COGR) will mark up on Wednesday. Every bill at the markup will focus on D.C. Thirteen of the bills would repeal or alter local D.C. laws, while the 14th piece of legislation is Norton’s bill to allow D.C. to comply with the Home Rule Act's requirement that local legislation be transmitted to Congress by sending it electronically. Currently the legislation must be printed and physically brought to Congress. D.C. has had difficulties physically transmitting the legislation in recent years, both during the coronavirus pandemic when the Capitol was closed to visitors and while security restrictions were in place after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
September 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced their bills to grant the District of Columbia full control over the D.C. National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department, as the Trump Administration has asserted federal control over the D.C. police department and kept its National Guard deployed in the District’s streets for weeks. The formal introduction of these bills comes after the lawmakers announced in August their intention to do so in response to President Trump’s unprecedented federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department and deployment of the National Guard. The urgency of these measures has only grown as the Administration has reportedly extended the D.C. National Guard’s deployment through November 30 and Congressional Republicans plan more attacks on the District of Columbia’s self-governance. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is expected to mark up several such bills, which would alter or repeal local D.C. laws, next week. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is co-lead in the House of the National Guard bill.
September 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The full House Committee on Appropriations marked up and passed the fiscal year 2026 (FY 26) Financial Services and General Government (FSSG) Appropriations bill, which Norton said includes an outrageous and irresponsible number of anti-home rule riders. Republicans try to attach the riders to the annual D.C. spending bill to exert control over local D.C. matters, despite their positions as federal officials who do not represent D.C. residents. Significantly, the bill would halve funding for DCTAG, a program established by a 1999 Norton bill. DCTAG makes up the difference for D.C. residents between in-state and out-of-state tuition up to $10,000 at public institutions of higher education in the U.S.
September 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment to the FEMA Act of 2025 (H.R. 4669), which is being marked up today by the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee.
September 3, 2025
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks from today’s “No Troops on Our Streets” press conference on President Trump’s federal surge in D.C., unlawful attempted federalization of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and his authoritarian ambitions for other American cities.
Norton’s remarks follow, as prepared for delivery.
Remarks of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
September 2, 2025
(WASHINGTON, DC) – On Wednesday, September 3 at 9:30 a.m., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will speak at a press conference opposing President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officers to the streets of American cities.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 3 at 9:30 a.m.
WHO: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
August 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed several D.C.-related amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) at the Rules Committee, including amendments to:
Give the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the D.C. National Guard that the governors of states and territories have over their National Guards.
Repeal the president’s authority to federalize D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Require the armed forces, including the National Guard, deployed in D.C. to follow the same body camera requirements that MPD does.
Require the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard to reside in D.C.
Give the District of Columbia the same number of appointments and nominations to the U.S. service academies as states.
Prohibit the Department of Defense (DoD) from recouping pay from federal civilian or District of Columbia employees who took encampment leave when mobilized by the D.C. National Guard.