{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://norton.house.gov/media/press-releases/norton-releases-remarks-todays-press-conference-calling-congress-keep-its", "Norton Releases Remarks from Today\u2019s Press Conference Calling on Congress to Keep Its Hands Off D.C.", "2023-05-16", "2023", "2023-05", "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 her remarks from today\u2019s press conference with a coalition of more than 50 local D.C. groups calling on Congress to keep its hands off D.C.\n\n\u201cThis week, House Republicans will hold a hearing purporting to conduct \u2018overdue oversight\u2019 of local D.C. affairs, and the Senate will vote on a disapproval resolution aiming to nullify D.C.\u2019s local policing reform legislation, which contains provisions substantially similar to those in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,\u201d Norton said. \u201cAlmost 700,000 people live in the nation\u2019s capital, and they are worthy and capable of governing their own local affairs. House Republicans disagree, believing instead that D.C. residents, a majority of whom are Black and Brown, are incapable and unworthy of the same respect afforded to residents of their own districts.\u201d\n\nNorton\u2019s full remarks, as prepared for delivery, follow.\n\nRemarks of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) at Press Conference Calling on Congress to Keep its Hands Off D.C.\n\nMay 16, 2023, 9:00 a.m. at House Triangle\n\nThank you to the coalition of more than 50 local D.C. groups calling on Congress today to keep its Hands Off D.C.\n\nThis week, House Republicans will hold a hearing purporting to conduct \u201coverdue oversight\u201d of local D.C. affairs, and the Senate will vote on a disapproval resolution aiming to nullify D.C.\u2019s local policing reform legislation, which contains provisions substantially similar to those in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.\n\nAlmost 700,000 people live in the nation\u2019s capital, and they are worthy and capable of governing their own local affairs. House Republicans disagree, believing instead that D.C. residents, a majority of whom are Black and Brown, are incapable and unworthy of the same respect afforded to residents of their own districts. I cannot emphasize strongly enough how offensive that notion is to my values, goals, and more than 30 years of work advocating for D.C. residents in Congress.\n\nSenate Republicans take the same deeply offensive position ahead of the possible Senate vote this week on a disapproval resolution aiming to nullify D.C.\u2019s local policing reform, which mirrors many of the same provisions contained in the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.\n\nThe resolution is being considered in the Senate after the expiration of the congressional review period outlined in the Home Rule Act. This vote goes against the letter and spirit of the Home Rule Act.\n\nI worked to get a commitment from President Biden that, should the disapproval resolution reach his desk, he will veto it, and in April his administration released a Statement of Administration Policy committing to do exactly that.\n\nAs D.C.\u2019s sole member of Congress, I will continue to do everything within my power to ensure Congress keeps its #HandsOffDC, including highlighting local voices like the coalition of more than 50 groups that organized today\u2019s press conference. Thank you for your work, and know that I join you in telling the rest of Congress, which does not represent the nation\u2019s capital, to keep its Hands Off D.C.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T23:55:44Z"]], "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-releases-remarks-todays-press-conference-calling-congress-keep-its"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.766456127166748, "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"}