Washington, Jan. 27 -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton issued the following press release:
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will retire at the end of this term.
"I've had the privilege of representing the District of Columbia in Congress since 1991. Time and again, D.C. residents entrusted me to fight for them at the federal level, and I have not yielded," Norton said. "With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states for 35 years.
"The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it's time to lift up the next generation of leaders. Fo...