Norton Discusses DC Voting Rights Action, Upcoming Small Business Fair, & More on WUSA TV (5/3/09)

Norton to Discuss D.C. Voting Rights Actions, Upcoming Small Business Fair, GSA Spending, the Swine Flu, Hurricane/Storm Season Preparation,

and Other Issues Monday Morning on WUSA TV

May 3, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Among the issues Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will discuss in her regular appearance on WUSA TV9, Monday, May 4, 9 a.m. are actions on the D.C. House Voting Rights bill in Congress and her upcoming annual small business fair, "The D.C. Small Business Advantage During the Recession," free only to D.C. small businesses and residents, scheduled for May 13, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Washington Convention Center. The fair will feature significant advantages Norton has used to get stimulus funds and opportunities for the District during this recession.

Norton also will discuss results from her first hearing, held last week, on the General Service Administration's plans to spend its $5.5 in stimulus funds in D.C. and elsewhere, and her GSA stimulus spending hearing coming up on Tuesday. The Congresswoman, a member of the Homeland Security Committee, will comment on the H1N1 Flu, and federal response to it. She also will discuss results from her field hearing Friday on the upcoming hurricane season, which begins June 1, and FEMA's preparation for it.