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Eleanor Holmes Norton is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for the District of Columbia since 1991. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a strong advocate for D.C. statehood and local autonomy. Throughout her tenure, Norton has focused on issues such as civil rights, education, and public safety, often emphasizing the unique challenges faced by residents of the District of Columbia. She has been vocal against federal interference in local governance, arguing for the rights of D.C. residents to have representation and control over their own affairs.
I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I strongly oppose this rule. I will have more to say tomorrow about the police accountability and transparency legislation enacted by the District of Columbia's local legislature, but I want to…
I want to punctuate that GSA's misrepresentation with Login.gov plagued both administrations.
Today, this Committee is marking up profoundly undemocratic, paternalistic legislation.
D.C. residents, the majority of whom are Black and Brown, are either unworthy or incapable of governing themselves.
Under this bill, a project could threaten water quality, water supply, fish populations, or many other things, and D.C. and other jurisdictions would not get any say in preventing it. Polluters can act freely and to the extreme detriment…
The so-called ``Lower Energy Costs Act'' is an attempt by the majority to strip environmental protections fought for by Congress over decades. The current leadership wishes to allow broad polluting, strip limitations on greenhouse gas…
If this Committee cared about democratic principles or D.C. residents, it would be marking up my D.C. Statehood bill.
The law also requires 5 percent of all zero-emission bus grants to be put toward training our workers to operate and maintain the transit fleets of the future.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was one of the most important bills enacted last Congress.
I would like to thank subcommittee chair Rick Crawford for holding this hearing on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
I'd like to thank Subcommittee Chair Rick Crawford for holding this hearing on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will benefit communities large and small, urban and rural.
it is shocking that the first hearing on firearms held by this Congress does not address the fact that guns are the No. 1 cause of death for children in the United States.
We can never drill enough to insulate ourselves from Russian invasions, of Saudi production cuts.
But the Biden Administration's swift action revealed a key lesson about how to achieve energy independence. It is just not the lesson my Republican colleagues think.
Let me just say it is not surprising that during the Trump Administration my Republican colleagues had no problem with President Trump's authorizing releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to an attack on oil refineries…
I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from more than 100 groups led by D.C. Vote calling on Congress to keep its hands off of D.C. February 7, 2023. Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Washington…
We have heard a lot about crime in D.C., so I think it is fair to ask: How do the Revised Criminal Code Act penalties compare to the penalties in the States, the States represented in this House? I will cite a few examples from Kentucky…
I strongly oppose this profoundly undemocratic, paternalistic resolution. The House of Representatives, in which nearly 700,000 District of Columbia residents have no voting representation, is attempting to nullify legislation enacted by…
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