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WASHINGTON, D.C.––Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that, despite the House Committee on Armed Services yesterday defeating an amendment to the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have given the District of Columbia mayor control over the D.C. National Guard, she is optimistic that the version of the fiscal year 2023 NDAA the House passes will give the mayor this authority. Representative Anthony Brown (D-MD), a co-lead of Norton’s bill that would give the mayor this authority, offered the amendment, which was defeated by voice vote.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today renewed her call for the Senate to pass her District of Columbia statehood bill, following the recent release of the Internal Revenue Service’s fiscal year 2021 Data Book, which shows D.C. pays more federal taxes than 23 states and more federal taxes per capita than any state.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) praised the House’s fiscal year 2023 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill for providing the General Services Administration $380 million for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consolidation project at the St. Elizabeths West Campus in Ward 8 in the District of Columbia. The Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government passed the bill last week.

WASHINGTON, D.C.––Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) received a response from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) to her letter expressing concerns about the difficulty her constituents are encountering accessing their Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts. With the TSP’s new online system, many participants have been forced to change passwords and other account information, often requiring waiting for a security code to be delivered by mail, which can delay account access for weeks. In addition, constituents have said they attempted to call the TSP “ThriftLine” for help, only to be put on hold for hours and disconnected.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the fiscal year 2023 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which includes many victories secured by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), was passed by the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. The bill provides $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG), a program a Norton bill created, and increases the annual and lifetime DCTAG awards; prohibits the president from federalizing the D.C. police department; and removes the two enacted fiscal year 2022 riders, which prohibit D.C. from spending its local funds on abortion services for low-income women and on recreational marijuana commercialization.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today condemned Representative Andrew Clyde (R-GA) for, once again, calling for repeal of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. Clyde made his statement today during debate in the Committee on Oversight and Reform on Norton’s bill that would allow D.C. to transmit legislation to Congress for the review period electronically.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Committee on Oversight and Reform today passed her District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act, which would permit the Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia to transmit legislation to Congress for the review period in the form of the Chair’s choosing, including electronic form.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today passed her 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 leasing authority.