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Dec 21, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Megan Brennan regarding widespread complaints of inconsistent and failed mail delivery and a lack of USPS responsiveness in the District of Columbia.
Dec 20, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the First Step Act, which overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives today and now heads to the President, will apply to District of Columbia Code felons, who are the only local offenders housed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
Dec 17, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the possibility of a federal government shutdown looms large, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today assured District of Columbia residents that a provision she got included in the fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill will keep the D.C. government open if the federal government partially shuts down this Saturday, when the current short-term continuing resolution expires.
Dec 12, 2018
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released her letter to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi requesting an investigation into the conditions faced by Ugandan LGBT refugees at the UNHCR Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya.
Dec 4, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) yesterday introduced two bills to bring her total to 95 bills, the most by any House Member in the 115th Congress.
Nov 27, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today filed an amendment to a large tax package that would provide federal tax incentives for investment in low-income District of Columbia neighborhoods. Norton’s amendment would make the District of Columbia eligible for the Empowerment Zone program.
Nov 16, 2018
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) today introduced a bill to require uniformed federal police officers to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in marked vehicles. Norton and Beyer introduced their bill just before the one-year anniversary of the November 17, 2017, shooting of unarmed 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police officers.
Nov 15, 2018
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she will introduce a bill to require the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia (CSOSA), an independent federal agency created by Congress in the Revitalization Act that supervises only D.C. offenders on parole, probation and supervised release, to reside in the District during the Director’s tenure.
Nov 15, 2018
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released Norton’s biennial letter to new Members of the House and Senate encouraging them to live in the District of Columbia, asking them to respect D.C. home rule while legislating and inviting them to cosponsor her D.C. statehood bill.
Nov 10, 2018
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—This weekend, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at two Veterans Day events to honor District of Columbia veterans. Norton also introduced a resolution recognizing D.C.’s 30,000 veterans and their families, condemning the denial of voting rights in Congress and full home rule for D.C. veterans and their families, and calling for statehood for the District to make D.C. veterans and other residents whole.