The District’s delegate to Congress said Thursday that she does not expect quick changes to the federal law that limits the heights of buildings in the city, even as a top lawmaker announced the first legislative study of the capital’s architectural restrictions.

“I wouldn’t think that we’re about to see changes in the Height Act,” Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton told The Washington Examiner. “This is only the beginning of a process that would be very lengthy.”

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