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Mar 31, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) made the following statement on the District of Columbia marijuana decriminalization bill signed into law today.
Mar 31, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Following today’s Supreme Court refusal to hear a case – Northover v. Archuleta – brought by a Department of Defense (DOD) commissary management specialist who challenged her removal from a non-secure, “sensitive” job, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) stressed the urgency for Congress to pass her bipartisan bill to overturn an unprecedented lower court decision that strips many federal employees of due process rights to independent review of an agency decision removing them from their job.
Mar 31, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – With today’s deadline for D.C. residents to sign up for health insurance through DC Health Link, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) alerted residents that they can get free sign-up help from insurance brokers and DC Health Link today at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library (901 G St. NW), from 10:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m., and that her office can provide further information, including on free brokers to sign up for health insurance.
Mar 31, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wrote a letter to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requesting that the Virginia Avenue Tunnel project’s final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be completed as soon as possible so that her constituents get answers as to whether or how the proposed project will proceed.
Mar 28, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy tomorrow, Saturday, March 29, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., at 3675 Ely Place SE.
Mar 28, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, after returning from a four-day trip as a member of a congressional delegation conference with Members of Parliament to the United Kingdom for the 2014 British American Parliamentary Group Meeting, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) summarized several major issues discussed in the meetings.
Mar 28, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today applauded the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee report released yesterday criticizing the U.S. government’s human rights compliance record and again calling on the U.S. to grant equal congressional voting rights in the House and Senate to the residents of the District of Columbia.
Mar 27, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Tanya Chutkan’s nomination to become a judge on the U.S.
Mar 27, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a bill to permit the District of Columbia to place its second statue honoring a D.C. historic figure in the U.S. Capitol building, to match the two statues honoring citizens of each state.
Mar 26, 2014
Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Christopher “Casey” Cooper’s nomination to become a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia was confirmed by the Senate today.