“Norton in Your Neighborhood” Tonight with Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association to Focus on President Obama’s Address on Terrorism, D.C. Priorities in Transportation Bill, Defending D.C.’s Gun Safety Laws, Synthetic Drugs, and Statehood

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a "Norton in Your Neighborhood" community conversation with the Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association tonight, December 7, 2015, from 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., at LaSalle-Backus Education Campus (501 Riggs Rd. NE). Norton will engage Lamond-Riggs-area and other District of Columbia residents in a discussion on President Obama's national address on keeping the American people safe, her role in getting increased funding and other priorities for D.C. in the recently passed surface transportation bill, defending D.C.'s gun safety laws from being overturned, strengthening federal law to combat synthetic drugs, the record number of House and Senate original cosponsors for her statehood bill, and other congressional issues of interest to the community. Mayor Muriel Bowser will also be present at this evening's community meeting.

"These neighborhood meetings allow me the best opportunity hear directly from my constituents about the issues that matter most to them in a free-flowing discussion," Norton said. "I look forward to seeing residents turn out this evening and make their voices heard."