Eleanor Holmes Norton

On no other holiday is our nation’s inequitable treatment of DC more deeply felt than on July 4th.   As my time representing DC comes to a close, I carry both frustration and hope.   #DCStatehood w...

👏🏾 Congratulations to ALL our 2026 honorees, grantees and scholarship winners!! Your dedication and commitment to your work is seen, recognized and applauded. NCBWDC was honored to celebrate you an...

🎉🎂 Happy Birthday to DC’s longtime champion, Eleanor Holmes Norton! 🎂🎉 Today, we celebrate a trailblazer, civil rights advocate, and tireless voice for the residents of the District. For decades, ...

Thank you to UDC for recognizing my longstanding support of the university today.   It has been a privilege to champion the only public university in our nation’s capital as it educates and empower...

Every student deserves the chance to pick the post-high school path that’s right for them. That’s why I’ve fought so hard to expand financial aid. But students from mixed-status households are bei...

Lacking equal treatment ourselves, DC is a natural ally in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, inclusion, and protections.   And we show it! Happy Pride Month, DC.

Every Memorial Day our nation honors the servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice for American democracy, yet DC residents have fought & died in every American war without enjoying those very...

The Trust for Public Land’s annual ParkScore rankings are out, and DC is ranked the #1 best city for parks in the country!   Parks cover nearly 25% of DC, which means we have more parkland per capi...

Congratulations to DC’s 2026 nominees for the prestigious US military service academies!   I hosted a reception honoring these exceptional young Washingtonians as they prepare to serve as military ...

It’s an honor to receive the 2026 Lyme & Tickborne Disease Champion Award from the Center for Lyme Action.   As a member of the Lyme Disease Caucus, I remain committed to securing the federal rese...

It was a pleasure to catch up with my friend and former National Park Service Director Bob Stanton yesterday.   As the first Black director of NPS, Bob’s career - from seasonal ranger in 1962 to se...

I introduced my resolution to designate today, May 1st – or 5/1 – as #DCStatehood Day. Although every day is appropriate to highlight the need to make DC the 51st state, 5-1 is especially symboli...

Congratulations to DC’s Congressional Art Competition winners!   🥇Max William Padilla, School Without Walls High School, “A Sunday’s Morning” 🥈Sophia Grossman, Holton-Arms, “A Practice in Patience”...

Black women die in childbirth at 2-3x the rate of white women, yet 80% of maternal deaths in the US are preventable.   I’m proud to cosponsor a resolution led by @repadams, @repunderwood + @senbook...

As the first woman to chair the EEOC and the attorney who represented a group of underpaid women who reported for Newsweek which you might’ve heard about from a series called “Good Girls Revolt,” I...

I’m honored to join my fellow Congressional Mamas’ Caucus members in supporting In Her Honor, an art project highlighting racial disparities in maternal health.   Learn more about the project: moth...

Congratulations to Everett Goldstein and Siddharth Kravetz from Duke Ellington and to Joe Book and Sukey Hayden from DC International School, whose short films won an honorable mention in C-SPAN’s ...

House Republicans will vote this week on an undemocratic bill to create a Commission to dictate policies in DC, a District they don’t represent, while giving DC just 1/10 seats on it.   700K DC re...

Congratulations to @dcvote on their new Executive Director, Amy Vruno.   At a critical time for the District, her experience in organizing and coalition building will strengthen the fight for democ...