Press Releases
October 22, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend a ceremony naming the Howard University School of Communications as the “Cathy Hughes School of Communications,” on Sunday, October 23, 2016, at 12:00 p.m., at the Howard University School of Communications (525 Bryant St. NW).
October 20, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee and one of the first to formally protest Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager Paul Wiedefeld’s proposal to permanently end Metro’s late-night weekend service, submitted her Aug 4, 2016 statement into the record at today’s Metro public hearing on the Wiedefeld proposal to cut late-night service.
October 20, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will make a special appearance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” tomorrow night, Friday, October 21, 2016. Norton will appear with actor Joy Bryant, who is playing Norton as a young lawyer in the upcoming TV series “Good Girls Revolt.”
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).