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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will introduce a bill to establish a national commission, based on the 9/11 Commission, to provide a complete account surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol yesterday, including preparedness and response. The commission would also provide recommendations to protect against future attacks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington have agreed to her request to hold a public forum on the proposed rule restricting public access to the Washington Channel and to extend the public comment period on the proposed rule. The public forum will take place on January 27, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., and the public comment period on the proposed rule has been extended from December 29, 2020, to January 28, 2021. USACE previously extended the comment period on the rule after Norton argued that the original comment period did not allow adequate time for public input. Norton spoke personally with Major General Omar Jones, Commanding General of Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region, and he responded yesterday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the rules adopted yesterday in the House for the 117th Congress include changes that she sought for the District of Columbia. The changes give the D.C. mayor House floor privileges, which governors of the states and territories already had, and remove a pre-home-rule rule that set aside special days for D.C. legislation on the House floor. Even though this rule was no longer being used, Norton objected to having special days set aside for D.C. legislation instead of having D.C. treated in the same way as states. Norton thanked Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) for agreeing to these changes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) strong statement today in support of D.C. statehood and her commitment to bring Norton’s D.C. statehood bill to the House floor for a vote in the 117th Congress, which began yesterday. Norton’s D.C. statehood bill passed overwhelmingly in the House in June, which was the first either chamber of Congress had passed the D.C. statehood bill. Yesterday, Norton introduced the bill with a record 202 original cosponsors.

U.S. Representative Eleanor Norton was sworn in as a Member of the United States House of Representatives by the House Speaker on January 3rd, 2021.

The First Session of the 117th U.S. Congress will commence on January 3rd, 2021 in Washington, DC.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she introduced the District of Columbia statehood bill at the opening of the 117th Congress today with 202 original cosponsors, shattering the previous record of 155 original cosponsors of the bill, which she set in 2019. The House passed the bill overwhelmingly in June, which was the first time either chamber of Congress had passed the bill.