Newsletter: Monday September 22, 2025
Norton Uses Oversight D.C. Hearing to Make the Case for Statehood for 700,000+ D.C. Residents |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks, from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D.C. Council Chair Phil Mendelson, and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb testified. |
After Passage of Two Anti-D.C. Home Rule Bills, Norton Vows to Fight Advancement in the Senate |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House passed the second set of two anti-D.C. home rule bills it voted on to change D.C. laws, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) vowed to fight their advancement in the Senate. |
Norton Statement on Markup of Her Bill to Allow Electronic Transmission of D.C. Legislation to Congress and 13 Anti-D.C. Home Rule Bills |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement on committee passage of her bill to allow the chair of the D.C. Council to transmit legislation to Congress in the form of the chair’s choosing, including in electronic form, and 13 bills introduced by Republican members of Congress targeting D.C. laws and policies. |
Norton Introduces Resolution Designating September as ‘Peace Month,’ Inspired by D.C. Second Graders |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of International Day of Peace on September 21, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution supporting the designation of September 2025 as national “Peace Month” and calling on Congress to take action to promote peace, at home and abroad. The idea for the resolution came from the Helpful Potato Bugs, a class of second-grade students at Horace Mann Elementary School in the District of Columbia. Seven years ago, the students sent Norton a handwritten note, adorned with peace signs, expressing their desire to “help make the world a peaceful place” and for “all Americans to be nice, have no conflicts, and be very peaceful.” Norton has introduced an annual resolution supporting the designation of September as Peace Month since then. |
Norton Announces Continuing Resolution Includes Longstanding Provision to Allow D.C. to Spend its Own Local Funds at Locally Enacted Levels |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after the text of the House Republican's proposed continuing resolution (CR) included language allowing D.C. to spend under its current (fiscal year 2026) local budget for the duration of the CR. |
Norton Releases Remarks Ahead of Speaking on House Floor on Two Anti-D.C. Home Rule Bills |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks, as prepared for delivery, in advance of speaking on the House floor against the D.C. CRIMES Act, introduced by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), and a bill introduced by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) to lower the age minors can be tried as adults in D.C. to 14 years old. |
Norton Releases Remarks Ahead of House Debate on Bills to Eliminate D.C.’s Role in Selecting D.C. Judges and Weaken Limitations on Vehicular Pursuits |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks, as prepared for delivery, in advance of speaking on the House floor against the D.C. Judicial Nominations Reform Act, introduced by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), which would eliminate the already limited role D.C. has in the selection of its local judges, and the D.C. Policing Protection Act, introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), which would significantly weaken D.C.’s limitations on vehicular pursuits by police officers. |
After Passage of Two Anti-D.C. Home Rule Bills, Norton Says House Republican Cycle of “Disingenuous Partisanship” Towards D.C. Must End |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House passed two anti-D.C. home rule bills to change D.C.’s criminal laws , Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said the cycle of disingenuous partisanship, in which Republicans in Congress claim to be concerned about D.C. while decreasing D.C.’s ability to make its own decisions, must end. The first bill, the D.C. CRIMES Act, was introduced by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and would amend D.C.’s Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act, changing the age at which a court is allowed discretion to impose alternative sentences on a person, other than for certain offenses, and to seal the individual’s records, from 24 to 18. The second bill, introduced by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), would lower the age minors can be tried as adults in D.C. to 14 years old. |