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.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratDistrict of Columbia at-large
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Reposted byCongresswoman 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, the House today is denying D.C. residents local self-government and spending its time on local D.C. matters.
The purpose of the Home Rule Act is to “grant to the inhabitants of the District of Columbia powers of local self-government” and “relieve Congress of the burden of legislating upon essentially local District matters.”
In 1973 Congress passed the DC Home Rule Act which established a locally elected chief executive and legislature.
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.
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.
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.
Instead, even small financial conditions for pretrial release often force poor defendants to remain in jail, which can cost them their jobs and lead to more convictions and longer sentences.
Studies show that whether a jurisdiction requires financial conditions for pretrial release has no effect on the crime rates of that jurisdiction.
This bill requires, in certain crimes, pretrial detention based solely on a charge and financial conditions for pretrial release.
However, mandatory pretrial detention based solely on a charge is unconstitutional and financial conditions for pretrial release criminalize poverty.
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.
Her bill isn’t just unconstitutional; it runs directly against one of the bedrock principles of our justice system: The accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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.
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.
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.
Constituents often contact me about the impact train noise and vibrations have on their health, quality of life, and the structural integrity of their homes.
I introduced a bill to establish a grant program for the design and construction of barriers to mitigate these harms.
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51 total votes
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| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-27 | H.R. 1048 (119th) | Approve amendment | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
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