Newsletter: Thursday December 4, 2025
Norton Secures Victories in Senate D.C. Appropriations Bill |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced the victories she secured in the Senate’s fiscal year (FY) 2026 District of Columbia Appropriations bill. In addition to other victories for D.C., the bill would secure $40 million for the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG) and increase the DCTAG annual and lifetime awards. Notably, the bill does not contain 18 of the anti-home rule riders included in the House version of the bill. |
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, ahead of speaking on the House floor during debate on two anti-D.C. home rule bills. |
Norton Statement After House Passage of Two Anti-D.C. Home Rule Bills |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the House passed two anti-D.C. home rule bills, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was disappointed but unsurprised. The first bill, introduced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), would require mandatory pretrial and post-conviction detention for certain crimes. The second bill, introduced by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), would repeal D.C.'s Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act of 2022. |
Norton Introduces Bill to Place D.C. Seal in Library of Congress Alongside State Seals |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to install the official seal of the District of Columbia alongside seals of the states in the Library of Congress. |
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Authority Over Dates of Special Elections for Local Offices |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced the District of Columbia Special Elections Home Rule Act, which would give the District complete authority to set the date of special elections for local offices, as other jurisdictions already have. The bill would remove a limitation on the District that is not only inconsistent with the self-government authority granted by the Home Rule Act, but is also counterproductive. This bill would strengthen the District's home-rule authority and does not require statehood. |
Norton Releases Statement Ahead of Markup of Two D.C. Bills |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her markup statement on a bill introduced by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY), as prepared for delivery, ahead of the House Oversight Committee's markup of two D.C.-related bills. |
Norton Disappointed After Oversight Committee Passage of ‘Paternalistic, Anti-Home Rule, and Antidemocratic’ Bill |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after the House Oversight Committee marked up and passed an anti-home rule bill and pulled Norton’s bill to rename a post office in D.C. after Chuck Brown, the “Godfather of Go-Go,” from the agenda less than an hour before the markup began. |
Norton Highlights Technology to Reduce Aircraft Noise in Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Hearing on Advanced Air Mobility |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released her remarks and question line after speaking at the Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation hearing on Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), a term that refers to electric aircraft or unmanned aircraft. Norton used the hearing as an opportunity to highlight how AAM produces less aviation noise than a conventional aircraft, particularly through the ability of some electric models to take-off and land virtually.. |