Press Releases
October 19, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at the second annual “Project Homeless Connect,” a one-day resource fair, today, Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., at Central Union Mission (65 Massachusetts Ave, NW). The event, presented by United Way of the National Capital Area, will provide on-site medical and dental care and access to housing, employment and other vital services to residents who are experiencing homelessness.
October 18, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Councilmember Charles Allen (Ward 6) and three Ward 6 Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners will testify before federal officials at a roundtable hosted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on potential locations for a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)-contracted halfway house for men in the District of Columbia tomorrow, Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at 1100 4th St. SW, Room E200.
October 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Local elected officials from the District of Columbia will testify to federal officials about the placement of Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)-contracted residential reentry centers in the District at a roundtable hosted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m., at 1100 4th St. SW, Room E200.
October 17, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said evidence of the urgency of her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian Institution’s fundraising capacity and governance is clear from the Smithsonian’s launch today of a crowdfunding campaign to raise $300,000 to preserve and display Dorothy's ruby red slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” in the National Museum of American History.
October 16, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend President Obama’s speech on his administration’s education initiatives tomorrow, Monday, October 17, 2016, at 10:30 a.m., at Benjamin Banneker Academic High School (800 Euclid St. NW).
October 13, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation in conjunction with ANC 4C06 and residents of the Petworth community this evening, Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the Petworth Branch Library (4200 Kansas Ave. NW).
October 11, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a “Norton in Your Neighborhood” conversation in conjunction with ANC 7D06 and residents of the Deanwood community this evening, Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., at the Dorothy I. Height/Benning Neighborhood Library (3935 Benning Rd. NE).
October 6, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at an event hosted by the TransSTEM Academy that will bring together 75 General Electric (GE) African American Forum volunteers and more than 200 Cardozo High School and Howard University Middle School of Mathematics & Science students for hands-on lessons in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) subjects today, Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., at the Francis L. Cardozo Education Campus (1200 Clifton St NW).
October 5, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With Congress out of town for an October recess, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced she will host a series of public roundtables on congressional issues of special interest to District of Columbia residents during the District Work Period.
September 29, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the most recent set of available data (July 2016) on the number of District of Columbia residents hired to work at federal construction sites in the District and D.C. small businesses with subcontracts at the sites.