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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the Subcommittee of Highways & Transit of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, will hold a virtual event titled “Hit the Road: A Conversation on Improving Surface Transportation in the District” tomorrow, April 8th from 6-7:00 p.m. Featured panelists will be Interim Director of the D.C. Department of Transportation Everett Lott, the General Manager and CEO of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Paul J. Wiedefeld, Executive Director of the Washington Area Bicyclist Association Gregory Billing, and President of the Transportation Trades Department AFL-CIO Greg Regan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the House will vote on her District of Columbia statehood bill (H.R. 51) the week of April 19th, the very week after the Committee on Oversight and Reform (COR) markup of the bill, which will take place on April 14th.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that she continues to strongly oppose the installation of permanent fencing at the U.S. Capitol complex despite the incident on Friday when an individual rammed a car into a vehicle security checkpoint at the Capitol building, resulting in the tragic death of one Capitol Police officer and the injury of another. Norton says there will always need to be Capitol Police officers stationed at security checkpoints, regardless of the distance of the checkpoint to the Capitol, making it almost impossible to prevent a person from using a car to attack officers. Norton also noted that the retractable vehicle barrier at the security checkpoint at the Capitol building worked as intended and stopped the attacker’s car from entering the grounds.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who was a long-time colleague of the late Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL) in the House of Representatives, issued a statement today on the passing of her friend.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the statement upon learning of the death of Elizabeth Davis, head of the Washington Teachers’ Union, on Easter Sunday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the statement below in response to Friday’s attack at the Capitol in which one Capitol Police officer was killed and another was hospitalized.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to require the Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard to reside in D.C. The bill, the District of Columbia National Guard Commanding General Residency Act, is similar to other bills Norton has introduced requiring certain federal officials to live in D.C., including U.S. District Court and Circuit Court judges for D.C., the U.S. Attorney for D.C., the U.S. Marshal for the D.C. Superior Court, the U.S. Marshal for the U.S. District Court for D.C., and the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said today that President Biden’s historic infrastructure bill, the American Jobs Plan, should be considered to jumpstart the National Capital Planning Commission’s SW Ecodistrict Plan, which would turn 110 acres between the National Mall and the Southwest Waterfront into a mixed-use neighborhood. The American Jobs Plan would provide billions of dollars to upgrade federal buildings, and Norton will use her senior role on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I), which has jurisdiction over federal buildings, to look at the possible redevelopment of the Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters into a mixed-use complex to jumpstart the SW Ecodistrict Plan.