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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the response she received from the United States Postal Service (USPS) to her May 16, 2022, letter about the increase in mail theft, particularly of checks, through the use of stolen universal keys. In its response, USPS acknowledged an increase in mail theft in the District of Columbia area, and said postal officials have recently made security modifications and infrastructure upgrades to prevent mail theft and are prioritizing investigations into stolen checks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, during National Gun Violence Awareness Month, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) warned that, without statehood, a future Republican Congress could overturn the District of Columbia’s gun violence prevention laws. In previous Congresses, Republicans have introduced legislation to eliminate D.C.’s gun violence prevention laws, including its ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and its universal background checks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today announced she will introduce a bill that would require the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to jointly submit recommendations to Congress on how to reduce train noise and vibration near homes, as well as cost estimates for each recommendation. Train noise and vibration negatively affect residents of the District of Columbia and of communities across the country.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks in advance of the keel laying, or formal recognition of a ship’s construction, for the USS Columbia, named for the District of Columbia. Norton will travel to Rhode Island to speak at this landmark keel-laying ceremony for the District, which will take place on June 4, 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Ensuring Child Health Coverage Compensation in Divorce Act, which would require all health insurers to directly reimburse a divorced parent who pays for reimbursable out-of-pocket medical expenses. In a divorce, one parent typically is court-ordered to provide health insurance for a child, but the other parent may pay for reimbursable out-of-pocket medical expenses. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, group health insurers are required to directly reimburse the parent who pays for reimbursable out-of-pocket medical expenses. However, other health insurers are not required to do so. This issue was raised by one of Norton’s constituents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution in advance of Memorial Day recognizing District of Columbia servicemembers and veterans. The resolution also calls for statehood for the District to ensure these servicemembers and veterans enjoy the full rights of American democracy. D.C. residents have served in every war since the Revolutionary War, all without the full and equal rights that can come only with statehood.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) today praised President Joe Biden for mandating in an executive order that federal law enforcement agencies use body cameras, adopt and publicly post body camera policies and expedite release of video footage to the public following incidents involving serious bodily injury or deaths while an individual is in custody. On September 27, 2021, Norton and Beyer sent a letter to Biden requesting that he require federal law enforcement agencies to use body and dashboard cameras.

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 nomination today 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 nominated to a higher court this year. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom Norton recommended to President Obama for the U.S. District Court for D.C., was recently confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court.