Norton, Guest Speakers to Update New and Returning ANCs on Critical Federal Matters Uniquely Affecting D.C. in 2013, Tuesday
Washington, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Congresswoman will host her annual "ANCs on the Hill" meeting on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in Room 2253 Rayburn House Office Building. Norton and guest speakers will discuss federal legislation and initiatives that will uniquely affect D.C. in 2013, including the across-the-board federal spending cuts (sequester) scheduled to take effect March 1 and the joint federal-D.C. study on possible changes to the D.C. Height Act. Among the guest speakers, the Deputy Regional Commissioner for the National Capital Region of the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Shapour Ebadi, will discuss hiring at more than a dozen federal construction sites in D.C. and the status of the new Coast Guard headquarters, which is scheduled to open at the St Elizabeths West Campus in Ward 8 in late 2013, bringing at least 3,500 federal workers to the first federal building east of the Anacostia River. Norton's work as Ranking Member of the Economic Development Subcommittee, which oversees federal construction, is helping to cushion the impact of federal spending cuts in D.C.
U.S. Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner will discuss the two recently enacted Norton laws that make D.C. equal under the federal Hatch Act, including one that allows ANCs to run for higher office without first having to resign, and another that allows federal employees who live in D.C. to run in local partisan elections as independents.
"My annual ‘ANCs on the Hill' meeting is part of our efforts to keep D.C. residents up-to-date on critical federal matters affecting D.C.," Norton said. This special all-ANCs meeting on the Hill seeks to acquaint these elected officials with our office to enable them to better serve their constituents, including by co-hosting a "Norton in Your Neighborhood Conversation" for constituents to discuss and give feedback on congressional issues. Norton sends caseworkers to local neighborhoods weekly to assist residents with federal agency concerns who find it difficult to come to one of her three offices.
Published: January 28, 2013