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Dec 4, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she filed an amendment today at the House Rules Committee to prohibit the provisions of a bill (H.R. 38) that would require every jurisdiction to recognize out-of-state concealed carry handgun permits, even though states have different requirements for such permits, from taking effect until the federal law prohibiting guns in U.S. Capitol buildings and grounds is repealed.
Dec 1, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—One of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) top construction priorities, the Memorial Bridge, which is owned and maintained by the National Park Service (NPS), now has the total funds necessary to complete repairs, Norton said today. Norton, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, worked to secure $90 million for phase one funding from the Foste
Nov 30, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today offered an amendment at an Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) hearing to prevent federal rules and regulations regarding sexual harassment from being repealed or modified at the expense of enacting new regulations.
Nov 30, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a bill to permit commercial filming and photography on all U.S. Capitol Grounds, beyond the single area where it is currently permitted, Union Square, when both chambers of Congress are out of session.
Nov 30, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the U.S. Marshals Service’s (USMS) response to Norton’s letter requesting that the office of U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia Superior Court reexamine its eviction policies after an incident in which tax documents were left on a curb in D.C. during the eviction of a local tax company.
Nov 29, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today blasted Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) for reintroducing a bill she has kept from moving before that would radically alter the District of Columbia’s local education system by forcing D.C. to steer its local funds away from D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and public charter schools to vouchers for any student who chooses to attend private schools.
Nov 29, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), today spoke on the House floor in support of a resolution requiring House Members and staff to complete anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training, but even though it passed and is now in force, congressional staff still lack the same workplace protections afforded to executive branch and private sector employees.
Nov 29, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who serves on the House Judiciary Committee, for offering an amendment today that would exempt the District of Columbia from a bill (H.R. 38) that would require every jurisdiction to recognize out-of-state concealed carry handgun permits, even though states have different requirements for such permits.
Nov 28, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that yesterday’s Senate confirmation of Dabney Langhorne Friedrich to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia means that half of the six Senate-confirmed district court nominees this year were for the D.C. district court.
Nov 28, 2017
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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will travel to Baltimore, MD for a special Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR) field hearing today, Tuesday, November 28, 2017, at 12:30 p.m., at the Johns Hopkins Hospital (Chevy Chase Auditorium, 1800 Orleans St., Baltimore, MD).