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July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today became an original cosponsor of the Equality Act, a bill to ban discrimination against LGBT individuals in public accommodations, housing, employment, and other core areas of American society.

July 23, 2015
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she would fight a bill introduced yesterday by Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) that would overturn a District of Columbia law that limits the circumstances under which the District will cooperate with federal immigration officials, including detention and gathering and disseminating information about a person’s immigration status.

July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes electric guitarist Jacob Chroussis for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance today, Thursday, July 23, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. Jacob is a student at Patriot High School, located in Prince William County, VA.

July 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian’s governance and fundraising capacity, marking the first significant change to the institution since it was established in 1846. Norton said her bill is particularly timely given that the Smithsonian launched a crowdfunding campaign on July 19 to raise $500,000 to preserve and display Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit.

July 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was thrilled that the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government’s fiscal year 2016 bill, approved today, provides critical funding she requested for the District of Columbia Tuition Assistance Grant Program (DCTAG) and other D.C. priorities, despite significant cuts in the bill’s total funding.

July 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the District of Columbia National Dance Day celebration set for this Saturday, July 25, 2015, at the Kennedy Center, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today launched another effort to encourage exercise and healthy eating habits with her bill the Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act.

July 21, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to a newly approved U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) regulation that expands USCP’s search powers on Capitol Grounds, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today issued a statement on USCP’s “obligation to keep the Capitol Grounds secure and its corollary obligation to maintain the Capitol Grounds as an open space, a First Amendment space, and one of the great parks in the nation’s capital.”

July 21, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) welcomes poets from Split This Rock for a Lunchtime Music on the Mall performance today, Tuesday, July 21, 2015, from noon – 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, at 7th Street and Jefferson Drive SW. Split This Rock is a District of Columbia-based organization devoted to poetry and promoting social justice.

July 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), issued a statement today congratulating the Commission for its “historic breakthrough ruling that ‘allegations of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation necessarily state a claim of discrimination on the basis of sex.’”

July 19, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host her annual 2015 Senior Legislative Day on Monday, July 20, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the first federal agency to be built east of the Anacostia River, the newly-constructed U.S. Coast Guard’s St. Elizabeth West Campus (2699 Firth Sterling Ave. SE), which was built as a result of Norton’s efforts.