Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
@eleanornorton.bsky.social
DC’s sole member of Congress. #DCStatehood
I’m always working to reduce aircraft noise in DC, which is why I pressed the importance of advanced air mobility technologies like electric and unmanned aircraft at today’s Aviation Subcommittee hearing.
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m always working to reduce aircraft noise in DC, which is why I pressed the importance of advanced air mobility technologies like electric and unmanned aircraft at today’s Aviation Subcommittee hearing.
I was saddened to learn of the passing of longtime Washington Informer reporter James L. Wright.
James interviewed me many times over the years as he covered the District with uncommon depth, fairness, and genuine respect for his fellow DC residents.
Rest in power, James.
James interviewed me many times over the years as he covered the District with uncommon depth, fairness, and genuine respect for his fellow DC residents.
Rest in power, James.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I was saddened to learn of the passing of longtime Washington Informer reporter James L. Wright.
James interviewed me many times over the years as he covered the District with uncommon depth, fairness, and genuine respect for his fellow DC residents.
Rest in power, James.
James interviewed me many times over the years as he covered the District with uncommon depth, fairness, and genuine respect for his fellow DC residents.
Rest in power, James.
I’m disappointed Rep. Hageman’s antidemocratic and paternalistic bill passed out of committee today.
If enacted, the bill would radically change how local DC laws and regulations are interpreted.
If enacted, the bill would radically change how local DC laws and regulations are interpreted.
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I’m disappointed Rep. Hageman’s antidemocratic and paternalistic bill passed out of committee today.
If enacted, the bill would radically change how local DC laws and regulations are interpreted.
If enacted, the bill would radically change how local DC laws and regulations are interpreted.
Thank you, Mayor Bowser, for your steadfast service to the people of DC.
You have worked tirelessly to protect home rule from congressional interference and have always been a fierce advocate for #DCStatehood.
DC is stronger because of your leadership.
You have worked tirelessly to protect home rule from congressional interference and have always been a fierce advocate for #DCStatehood.
DC is stronger because of your leadership.
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thank you, Mayor Bowser, for your steadfast service to the people of DC.
You have worked tirelessly to protect home rule from congressional interference and have always been a fierce advocate for #DCStatehood.
DC is stronger because of your leadership.
You have worked tirelessly to protect home rule from congressional interference and have always been a fierce advocate for #DCStatehood.
DC is stronger because of your leadership.
With under an hour’s notice, Republicans pulled my bill to honor Chuck Brown from today’s markup — because he served time decades ago.
Chuck Brown lifted up DC and defined its sound. Their objection says more about them than it ever could about the Godfather of Go-Go.
Chuck Brown lifted up DC and defined its sound. Their objection says more about them than it ever could about the Godfather of Go-Go.
I released my statement ahead of today's Oversight markup of two bills related to DC.
The first is yet another paternalistic assault on DC's local democracy.
The second is to rename a post office in DC after Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go.
The first is yet another paternalistic assault on DC's local democracy.
The second is to rename a post office in DC after Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go.
December 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
With under an hour’s notice, Republicans pulled my bill to honor Chuck Brown from today’s markup — because he served time decades ago.
Chuck Brown lifted up DC and defined its sound. Their objection says more about them than it ever could about the Godfather of Go-Go.
Chuck Brown lifted up DC and defined its sound. Their objection says more about them than it ever could about the Godfather of Go-Go.
I released my statement ahead of today's Oversight markup of two bills related to DC.
The first is yet another paternalistic assault on DC's local democracy.
The second is to rename a post office in DC after Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go.
The first is yet another paternalistic assault on DC's local democracy.
The second is to rename a post office in DC after Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go.
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I released my statement ahead of today's Oversight markup of two bills related to DC.
The first is yet another paternalistic assault on DC's local democracy.
The second is to rename a post office in DC after Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go.
The first is yet another paternalistic assault on DC's local democracy.
The second is to rename a post office in DC after Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go-Go.
World AIDS Day today serves as an important reminder:
We must remain steadfast in our commitment to prevent new HIV infections and provide essential services to all people living with HIV globally.
We must remain steadfast in our commitment to prevent new HIV infections and provide essential services to all people living with HIV globally.
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
World AIDS Day today serves as an important reminder:
We must remain steadfast in our commitment to prevent new HIV infections and provide essential services to all people living with HIV globally.
We must remain steadfast in our commitment to prevent new HIV infections and provide essential services to all people living with HIV globally.
Like other jurisdictions, DC should be able to decide the dates of its own special elections for local offices.
Today I introduced my bill to bring DC one step closer to equality with the states by giving it this authority.
Today I introduced my bill to bring DC one step closer to equality with the states by giving it this authority.
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Like other jurisdictions, DC should be able to decide the dates of its own special elections for local offices.
Today I introduced my bill to bring DC one step closer to equality with the states by giving it this authority.
Today I introduced my bill to bring DC one step closer to equality with the states by giving it this authority.
Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours.
I’m thankful every day for the privilege of representing more than 700,000 creative, capable, and resilient residents of the nation’s capital in Congress.
I’m thankful every day for the privilege of representing more than 700,000 creative, capable, and resilient residents of the nation’s capital in Congress.
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from my family to yours.
I’m thankful every day for the privilege of representing more than 700,000 creative, capable, and resilient residents of the nation’s capital in Congress.
I’m thankful every day for the privilege of representing more than 700,000 creative, capable, and resilient residents of the nation’s capital in Congress.
I'm *thankful* the Senate’s FY26 DC appropriations bill includes several provisions I fought for, including $40M for DCTAG, ahead of Thanksgiving.
I’m disappointed it keeps 2 anti–home rule riders, but it’s a major improvement from the 20 in the House version.
I’m disappointed it keeps 2 anti–home rule riders, but it’s a major improvement from the 20 in the House version.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm *thankful* the Senate’s FY26 DC appropriations bill includes several provisions I fought for, including $40M for DCTAG, ahead of Thanksgiving.
I’m disappointed it keeps 2 anti–home rule riders, but it’s a major improvement from the 20 in the House version.
I’m disappointed it keeps 2 anti–home rule riders, but it’s a major improvement from the 20 in the House version.
DC residents have all the obligations of citizenship, including serving in every American war. They deserve equal representation in all aspects.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
DC residents have all the obligations of citizenship, including serving in every American war. They deserve equal representation in all aspects.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
I introduced my bill to add the DC seal in stained glass among seals of the states in the Library of Congress.
Yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance, to honor the lives of transgender people lost to violence.
As a life-long advocate for civil and human rights, I will continue to advocate for protecting the rights of transgender people and the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole.
As a life-long advocate for civil and human rights, I will continue to advocate for protecting the rights of transgender people and the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole.
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Yesterday was Transgender Day of Remembrance, to honor the lives of transgender people lost to violence.
As a life-long advocate for civil and human rights, I will continue to advocate for protecting the rights of transgender people and the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole.
As a life-long advocate for civil and human rights, I will continue to advocate for protecting the rights of transgender people and the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole.
I applaud the ruling that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in DC is unlawful.
As I saw at the hearing, @DCAttorneyGen rightly argued that the president has no authority to deploy troops here to “deter crime.”
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As I saw at the hearing, @DCAttorneyGen rightly argued that the president has no authority to deploy troops here to “deter crime.”
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Judge rules Trump’s DC National Guard deployment was illegal
The judge postponed the impact of her decision until Dec. 11 to give the Trump administration time to appeal her decision.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I applaud the ruling that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in DC is unlawful.
As I saw at the hearing, @DCAttorneyGen rightly argued that the president has no authority to deploy troops here to “deter crime.”
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As I saw at the hearing, @DCAttorneyGen rightly argued that the president has no authority to deploy troops here to “deter crime.”
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The bills the House passed tonight don’t make DC safer — they just replace the judgment of 700,000 residents with politicians from NY and GA.
I’ll keep fighting these intrusions on DC’s self-government and pushing for the remedy: #DCStatehood.
I’ll keep fighting these intrusions on DC’s self-government and pushing for the remedy: #DCStatehood.
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The bills the House passed tonight don’t make DC safer — they just replace the judgment of 700,000 residents with politicians from NY and GA.
I’ll keep fighting these intrusions on DC’s self-government and pushing for the remedy: #DCStatehood.
I’ll keep fighting these intrusions on DC’s self-government and pushing for the remedy: #DCStatehood.
Reposted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
D.C. residents deserve the same right to govern themselves as every other community.
Yet House Republicans, who know little about D.C., are pushing bills that meddle in what should be local decisions.
I stand with D.C. leaders against these harmful attacks.
Yet House Republicans, who know little about D.C., are pushing bills that meddle in what should be local decisions.
I stand with D.C. leaders against these harmful attacks.
November 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
D.C. residents deserve the same right to govern themselves as every other community.
Yet House Republicans, who know little about D.C., are pushing bills that meddle in what should be local decisions.
I stand with D.C. leaders against these harmful attacks.
Yet House Republicans, who know little about D.C., are pushing bills that meddle in what should be local decisions.
I stand with D.C. leaders against these harmful attacks.
DC’s policing law, among other things, gave the police chief more authority to discipline officers for serious misconduct; strengthened civilian oversight; improved public access to body-worn camera video; and imposed limitations on military weapons and the use of force.
November 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
DC’s policing law, among other things, gave the police chief more authority to discipline officers for serious misconduct; strengthened civilian oversight; improved public access to body-worn camera video; and imposed limitations on military weapons and the use of force.
DC’s policing law, among other things, gave the police chief more authority to discipline officers for serious misconduct; strengthened civilian oversight; improved public access to body-worn camera video; and imposed limitations on military weapons and the use of force.
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
DC’s policing law, among other things, gave the police chief more authority to discipline officers for serious misconduct; strengthened civilian oversight; improved public access to body-worn camera video; and imposed limitations on military weapons and the use of force.
The DC Council was elected by DC residents.
Council members are the appropriate elected officials to make DC laws, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.
Council members are the appropriate elected officials to make DC laws, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The DC Council was elected by DC residents.
Council members are the appropriate elected officials to make DC laws, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.
Council members are the appropriate elected officials to make DC laws, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.
The over 700,000 DC residents, the majority of whom are Black and Brown, are capable and worthy of governing themselves.
If residents do not like how the members of DC’s local legislature vote, residents can vote them out of office.
That is called democracy.
If residents do not like how the members of DC’s local legislature vote, residents can vote them out of office.
That is called democracy.
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The over 700,000 DC residents, the majority of whom are Black and Brown, are capable and worthy of governing themselves.
If residents do not like how the members of DC’s local legislature vote, residents can vote them out of office.
That is called democracy.
If residents do not like how the members of DC’s local legislature vote, residents can vote them out of office.
That is called democracy.
Most of my Republican colleagues do not know that DC’s longstanding pretrial release and detention law is substantially the same as the longstanding federal law, or that the same federal agency provides pretrial services for both the local and federal trial courts in DC.
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Most of my Republican colleagues do not know that DC’s longstanding pretrial release and detention law is substantially the same as the longstanding federal law, or that the same federal agency provides pretrial services for both the local and federal trial courts in DC.
Rep. Stefanik's bill would repeal D.C.'s longstanding pretrial release and detention law – a law that, inconveniently for her argument, is substantially similar to federal law.
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Rep. Stefanik's bill would repeal D.C.'s longstanding pretrial release and detention law – a law that, inconveniently for her argument, is substantially similar to federal law.
Violent crime in DC dropped 35% last year and is down another 28% this year, yet Republicans are acting as if we’re in a crisis that justifies extraordinary federal overreach.
I’m heading to the House floor today to oppose two anti–home rule bills and released my remarks ahead of the debate.
I’m heading to the House floor today to oppose two anti–home rule bills and released my remarks ahead of the debate.
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Violent crime in DC dropped 35% last year and is down another 28% this year, yet Republicans are acting as if we’re in a crisis that justifies extraordinary federal overreach.
I’m heading to the House floor today to oppose two anti–home rule bills and released my remarks ahead of the debate.
I’m heading to the House floor today to oppose two anti–home rule bills and released my remarks ahead of the debate.
This holiday season, students from DC's Capitol Hill Christian Academy will have their art displayed with the National Christmas Tree!
I'm proud to share some of the ornaments designed by DC students.
I'm proud to share some of the ornaments designed by DC students.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This holiday season, students from DC's Capitol Hill Christian Academy will have their art displayed with the National Christmas Tree!
I'm proud to share some of the ornaments designed by DC students.
I'm proud to share some of the ornaments designed by DC students.
Pres. Trump's flyover honoring MBS, the man responsible for killing Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, offends me on three fronts: as a defender of freedom of the press, as DC's member of Congress, and as co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus.
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Trump defends Saudi crown prince over question about killing of Khashoggi
President Trump lashed out a reporter in the Oval Office who was asking about allegations the crown prince orchestrated the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pres. Trump's flyover honoring MBS, the man responsible for killing Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, offends me on three fronts: as a defender of freedom of the press, as DC's member of Congress, and as co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus.
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This week the House will vote on two anti-DC bills.
The DC Council was elected by and is accountable to DC residents. Its members are the appropriate elected officials to make policy for DC, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.
The DC Council was elected by and is accountable to DC residents. Its members are the appropriate elected officials to make policy for DC, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This week the House will vote on two anti-DC bills.
The DC Council was elected by and is accountable to DC residents. Its members are the appropriate elected officials to make policy for DC, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.
The DC Council was elected by and is accountable to DC residents. Its members are the appropriate elected officials to make policy for DC, not Republican members of Congress representing the interests of far-away districts.