{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-disappointed-after-oversight-committee-passage-paternalistic-anti-home", "Norton Disappointed After Oversight Committee Passage of \u2018Paternalistic, Anti-Home Rule, and Antidemocratic\u2019 Bill", "2025-12-02", "2025", "2025-12", "Democrat", "House", "DC", "Eleanor Holmes Norton", "N000147", "norton.house.gov", "norton", "https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a statement after the House Oversight Committee marked up and passed an anti-home rule bill and pulled Norton\u2019s bill to rename a post office in D.C. after Chuck Brown, the \u201cGodfather of Go-Go,\u201d from the agenda less than an hour before the markup began.\n\nThe bill introduced by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) would prohibit D.C. from requiring courts and administrative proceedings to defer to the mayor's interpretation of statutes and regulations. Norton\u2019s bill, which the Committee planned to mark up but pulled from consideration, would rename the post office at 3401 12th Street NE after musician and singer Chuck Brown, the \u201cGodfather of Go-Go.\u201d The Committee chose not to mark up the bill at the last minute because Chuck Brown served time in prison.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m disappointed Rep. Hageman\u2019s paternalistic, anti-home rule, and antidemocratic bill was marked up and passed by the Oversight Committee today. If enacted, the bill would radically change how local D.C. laws and regulations are interpreted,\u201d Norton said. \u201cThe local D.C. courts have deferred to the D.C. executive branch\u2019s reasonable interpretations of ambiguous statutes and regulations for decades without incident. The D.C. Council, which was elected by D.C. residents, took the extra step of codifying this deference. That\u2019s the democratic process at work, and it should not be overturned by Republicans in Congress who represent far-away districts.\n\n\"The Committee unceremoniously removed my bill to rename a post office for Chuck Brown from today's agenda because he served time in prison. Chuck Brown was a Washingtonian for most of his life. He created Go-Go, the official music of D.C., and shaped the District's cultural identity,\" Norton said.\n\n\"Chuck Brown is a legend. D.C. loved him and he loved D.C. His impact on our history, our culture, and American music is undeniable, and it is unfortunate that some on the Committee would object to honoring him.\"\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-disappointed-after-oversight-committee-passage-paternalistic-anti-home"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8613957799971104, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}