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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) continues to celebrate famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass’ 203rd birthday. Douglass was a longtime District of Columbia resident and an avid proponent of equal rights for D.C. residents. A 2013 Norton bill placed a statue of Douglass in the U.S. Capitol to represent the District, making D.C. the only jurisdiction that is not a state with a statue in the Capitol. A 2017 Norton bill established a bicentennial commission to plan, develop, and carry out programs and activities to honor and celebrate the life of Douglass. Norton was appointed by then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to serve on the commission.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Senate today acquitted former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) called on Congress to pass her concurrent resolution to censure him. “I strongly supported impeachment, conviction and disqualification of former President Trump, who incited an insurrection at the Capitol on January 6,” Norton said. “However, since the Senate has acquitted him, I again call on Congress to pass my censure resolution. It is the only method available now to send a bipartisan, bicameral message to the country and the world that the United States is a nation of laws, and it’s the only avenue left to prevent Trump from holding public office again.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today sent a letter urging the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Architect of the Capitol to find ways to preserve and display artifacts from the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Norton said she thinks these officials will understand the importance of preserving and displaying artifacts from the attack because of their historical significance, but she wrote to them to confirm they will do so. If necessary, Norton will introduce a bill directing them to do so.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act, which would prohibit the installation of permanent fencing on the grounds of the United States Capitol complex. In recent weeks, Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman and other officials have recommended permanent fencing as a security measure following the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Norton criticized permanent fencing as both cosmetic and imprecise and instead called for smarter, state-of-the-art solutions.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today the victories for the District of Columbia she got in the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s (COR) portion of the coronavirus reconciliation bill, which will be marked up by the committee on Friday. COR’s portion of the bill provides $755 million in retroactive CARES Act fiscal relief to the District, and it treats D.C. as a state, city and county for new fiscal relief. The estimated total funding for D.C. in COR’s portion of the bill is over $2.2 billion. Last year, D.C. was deprived of $755 million when the CARES Act treated D.C. as a territory instead of a state for fiscal relief. Last Congress, Norton vowed to fight for the retroactive funding and for the treatment of D.C. as a state, city, and county for any new fiscal relief because D.C. provides each level of service, both of which she achieved in COR’s portion of the bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement today in response to the introduction of a bill by Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) that would retrocede most of the District of Columbia to Maryland.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, announced today that she got her priorities for transit in D.C. and the national capital region included in the coronavirus relief bill the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will mark up at 11 a.m. tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) applauded the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) decision to “review and refine [Washington Union Station Expansion] project elements in cooperation with…key stakeholders.” This decision came after Norton was able to get a provision included in the report accompanying the fiscal year 2021 appropriations bill that directed FRA to continue working with the District of Columbia on the Union Station Expansion Project (Project) and to consider the feedback of all stakeholders, including residents of affected neighborhoods, in its planning process.