Curbed: D.C. could get more say over federal parks in the city under congressional lands package
The District would be able to enter “cooperative management agreements” with the National Park Service
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Norton to Testify at House Hearing on Paycheck Fairness Act and Her Provision to Prohibit Employers…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
February 12, 2019
Norton to Testify at House Hearing on Paycheck Fairness Act and Her Provision to Prohibit Employers from Seeking Salary History, Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes…
Norton Announces Senate Passage of Bill to Allow D.C. to Work with NPS to Make Improvements to…
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February 12, 2019
Norton Announces Senate Passage of Bill to Allow D.C. to Work with NPS to Make Improvements to Franklin Park and Other NPS-Owned D.C. Parks
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman…
Norton Blasts Meadows for Reintroducing Bill to Radically Alter D.C.’s Local Education System
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
February 11, 2019
Norton Blasts Meadows for Reintroducing Bill to Radically Alter D.C.’s Local Education System
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted…
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Mayor Local Authority Over D.C. National Guard, Same Authority…
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February 8, 2019
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Mayor Local Authority Over D.C. National Guard, Same Authority State and Territorial Governors Have Over Their Guards
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman…
Norton Bill to Require Federal Buildings to Provide Lactation Spaces to Visiting Nursing Mothers…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
February 6, 2019
Norton Bill to Require Federal Buildings to Provide Lactation Spaces to Visiting Nursing Mothers Passes House
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)…
Mayor Bowser’s Statement Urging Congress to Answer the Call of Americans Nationwide by Passing…
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Mayor Bowser’s Statement Urging Congress to Answer the Call of Americans Nationwide by Passing Common-Sense Gun Control
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Washington Business Journal: Republicans press IG for more context on Trump Hotel report
A group of Republican lawmakers has cast suspicion on the findings of an inspector general's report critical of the GSA's handling of the Old Post Office Building lease to an affiliate of President Donald Trump's hotel business once the…
Washington Post: Congressional Republicans question report critical of Trump hotel lease
Leading congressional Republicans demanded Monday that an internal government watchdog who had issued a critical report related to President Trump’s luxury hotel in the District produce reams of documents to support her conclusions.
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a Local Prosecutor, Same Right Already Enjoyed by U.S.…
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January 31, 2019
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. a Local Prosecutor, Same Right Already Enjoyed by U.S. Territories
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to…
Norton Thanks Cummings for Abolishing D.C. Subcommittee as She Moves to Reduce Congressional…
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch
January 29, 2019
Norton Thanks Cummings for Abolishing D.C. Subcommittee as She Moves to Reduce Congressional Interference in Local District Matters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton…
City Paper: So Far, 30 Freshmen in the 116th Congress Support Statehood
The re-introduced D.C. Statehood bill in the House of Representatives, H.R. 51, is having a historic moment with a record 189 co-sponsors as of Jan. 25, 2019—30 of them among the 101 freshman members of the 116th Congress.
Joshua Burch in The Post: This is the only path to D.C. statehood
With the 116th Congress underway, D.C. residents are committed to ensuring that the House of Representatives takes up and passes H.R. 51, the D.C. statehood bill. Residents are under no illusion that the Senate will do the same or that the…
Norton Elected as Chair of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee
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January 24, 2019
Norton Elected as Chair of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee
Gets Three Other Subcommittees of Importance to D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)…
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Legislative Autonomy as Part of Her ‘Free and Equal D.C.’ Bills
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January 24, 2019
Norton Introduces Bill to Give D.C. Legislative Autonomy as Part of Her ‘Free and Equal D.C.’ Bills
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced her bill to…
Washington Times: DeVos backs federal school voucher program
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos offered strong support Wednesday for the nation’s only federal school voucher program, foreshadowing what could be a bitter appropriation process in the Democrat-led House.
Roll Call: New Democrats hand D.C. statehood a milestone
‘Painstaking’ process may finally be paying off, says Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Norton Thanks Senate Democrats for Blocking Republican Bill to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding…
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January 17 2019
Norton Thanks Senate Democrats for Blocking Republican Bill to Permanently Ban Local D.C. Funding for Abortion
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Senate…
Norton Announces Record-Breaking 182nd Cosponsor of Her D.C. Statehood Bill
Contact: Benjamin Fritsch – o: 202-225-8050, c: 202-225-8143 January 17, 2019
Norton Announces Record-Breaking 182nd Cosponsor of Her D.C. Statehood…
Norton to Preside Over House as Chair, Vote on the House Floor in Committee of the Whole, Today
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January 16, 2019
Norton to Preside Over House as Chair, Vote on the House Floor in Committee of the Whole, Today
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has been appointed by Speaker Nancy…