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Norton to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine, Hold Media Availability Today

December 18, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will receive the first dose of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine today at 5:00 p.m. at the House of Representatives and hold a media availability afterwards.

"Members of Congress, to ensure continuity of government, are receiving the COVID-19 vaccine beginning today, and I will get my first dose today as well at 5:00 p.m.," Norton said. I hope to set an example, encouraging my constituents to trust the science, as I do, that has given us this feat of modern medicine, and I urge them to follow my example by getting the vaccine at the earliest opportunity. I am now working to ensure a smooth distribution of this life-saving vaccine to my constituents as soon as possible."

Norton will hold a media availability afterwards at her Capitol Hill office (2136 Rayburn House Office Building). Media seeking interviews should contact Sharon Eliza Nichols at Sharon.e.nichols@mail.house.gov.

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