NORTON SAYS CREATION OF NEW D.C. NATIONAL GUARD BRIGADE UNDERSCORES NEED FOR CONGRESS TO PASS HER BILL GIVING THE D.C. MAYOR CONTROL OF THE GUARD

Washington, March 16 -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton issued the following press release:

Upon learning that a new brigade has been activated in the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to coordinate military support for civil authorities, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that the major structural change imposed without D.C.'s consent yet again underscores the need for Congress to pass her bill to give the D.C. mayor control of the DCNG. Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is co-leading the bill in the House and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) leads the bill in the Senate.

"The D.C. National Guard should not be subject to major structural changes imposed without the input of the people it exists to protect," Norton said. "Unlike e...