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February 28, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, and D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson unveiled D.C.’s second statue in the U.S. Capitol. The statue is of Pierre L’Enfant, which D.C. commissioned more than a decade ago with the hope that it would one day be displayed in the Capitol. Because each state is entitled to two statues in the Capitol, Norton said today is a symbolic step toward statehood for the almost 700,000 residents of the nation’s capital.
February 27, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement on the reinstallation of temporary fencing around the U.S. Capitol today.
February 25, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. President Obama nominated Jackson to the U.S. District Court for D.C. on the recommendation of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). The Senate confirmed Jackson for the district court by voice vote.
February 25, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that the District of Columbia will score a historic victory for equality with the states on Monday, February 28, when D.C.’s second statue in the U.S. Capitol will be unveiled at a ceremony hosted by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Norton, Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson will speak at the unveiling, which will begin at 10 a.m.
February 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) was thoroughly briefed yesterday by United States Capitol Police (USCP) Chief J. Thomas Manger about security preparations for the trucker convoy and next week’s State of the Union address, including the possible reinstallation of temporary fencing around the Capitol. Norton requested the briefing.
February 24, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill this week to prohibit the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) from charging inmates copayments for health care visits. District of Columbia Code felons are housed by the BOP.
February 23, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that the National Park Service (NPS) will remove the name of Melvin Hazen from the area of Rock Creek Park in the District of Columbia named for Hazen. Norton requested that NPS remove the name of the racist Hazen and informed NPS she would introduce legislation to do so if NPS did not remove the name itself. The area will now be known by its reservation number, 630, like many other areas of NPS land in D.C.
February 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will receive a briefing tomorrow afternoon from United States Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger on security preparations for the trucker convoy and the State of the Union address, including the possible reinstallation of temporary fencing around the Capitol. Norton requested the briefing.
February 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Tomorrow, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a virtual Black History Month Event, titled “Freedom Singers: Then & Now,” highlighting the historical impact of music on the Civil Rights Movement and its continued influence on modern day activism. To attend, RSVP by emailing NortonEvents@mail.house.gov by noon tomorrow, Wednesday, February 23rd.
February 18, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senate Democrats for defeating yesterday by a vote of 44-49 Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) amendment that would have blocked all funding, including local, for District of Columbia schools. Cruz’s amendment, which was offered to the latest fiscal year 2022 continuing resolution (CR), would have prohibited any funds appropriated by the CR from being provided to schools that enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. The CR appropriates federal funds to states, D.C. and territories but also appropriates D.C.’s local funds. D.C. will enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students next school year, and D.C. currently enforces a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students participating in school-based extracurricular athletics.