Norton, Whip Hoyer, and CBC to Host Roundtable Discussion with Howard University Students on the Impacts of Sequestration on Minority Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will join House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) for a roundtable discussion with Howard University students on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, from 11:00 a.m. – noon, at Howard's Founders Library Browsing Room (500 Howard PL. NW). The discussion will focus on how sequester spending cuts to Pell Grants hurt students, and more generally how sequestration disproportionately impacts minority communities.

"The sequester's arbitrary and across-the-board cuts have deeply hurt the nation's college students, but the greatest harm has been to minority communities and those most in need of critical government programs," Norton said. "Today, I will be looking to hear firsthand accounts from Howard students."