Press Releases
July 28, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) congratulated Patrick Burke after his official swearing-in ceremony as U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia.
July 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today thanked National Park Service (NPS) National Capital Region Director Robert Vogel for his action, in response to Norton’s June 10 letter to NPS, in creating an online portal to provide District of Columbia residents with regularly updated information on neighborhood parks owned and operated by NPS in the District.
July 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes local artists Epiphany and V.I.C.U for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall Festival performance today, Thursday, July 21, 2016, from noon – 2:00 p.m., on the National Mall across from the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on Jefferson Drive SW between 4th Street and 7th Street SW.
July 21, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Before Congress left town for its summer recess, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) introduced a resolution marking Saturday, July 30, 2016, as National Dance Day, celebrated annually on the last Saturday of July. National Dance Day celebrations began on the National Mall in the District of Columbia and in Los Angeles, California in 2010.
July 19, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that her annual Job Fair—free and open only to District of Columbia residents—will be held Thursday, August 11, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (801 Mount Vernon PL NW).
July 19, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will address Ronald Reagan National (DCA) and Dulles International Airport food and retail workers as they rally for better pay and improved benefits this evening, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at 5:00 p.m., at the Reagan National Airport’s Terminal A Conference Room.
July 18, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The highlight of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) annual Senior Legislative Day tomorrow will be the opportunity for seniors to sit on the House floor, where Members of the House engage in legislative business. This year’s Senior Legislative Day will begin at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center (One First St. NE) on Tuesday, July 18, 2016, from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
July 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the newest set of available data (May 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.
July 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today’s Music on the Mall performance is canceled due to a heat advisory warning and will resume next Thursday, July 21, 2016.
July 14, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the House recesses today, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will introduce District of Columbia resident Nardyne Jefferies, whose daughter, Brishell Jones, was shot and killed on March 30, 2010, at a National Speak Out on gun violence, entitled “Lighting the Way: The Path Forward on Gun Violence,” hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus and the Democratic Caucus tonight, Thursday, July 14, 2016, at 7:30 p.m., on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building.