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December 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Congresswoman will speak at the funeral of former District of Columbia mayor Marion Barry Jr., tomorrow, December 6, 2014. The service will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW.


December 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the U.S.


December 5, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), an original cosponsor of the House-passed H.R.


December 4, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR), today said she was gratified that the two new chairs of the committees with jurisdiction over District of Columbia affairs in the next Congress indicated respect for the city's home rule without undue interference from Congress.


December 4, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to press inquiries and reports, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she is working around the clock to protect the District of Columbia's right to home rule in the fiscal year 2015 omnibus spending bill, expected to be released on Monday. The House's version of the fiscal year 2015 D.C.


December 4, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Norton will speak at a rally for low-wage federal contract workers today, Thursday, December 4, at 9:00 a.m.


December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said she was deeply saddened and shocked to learn of the death of a promising young District of Columbia resident, activist A.J. Cooper, who, at age 34, suddenly passed away from a heart attack earlier today.


December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), said she was very pleased by the Senate confirmation of Charlotte Burrows as a new EEOC Commissioner, as well as the confirmation of P. David Lopez for his second term as EEOC General Counsel.


December 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that she was pleased that the final fiscal year 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), released yesterday, contains two wins for the District of Columbia: a provision that re-designates Pershing Park as the World War I Memorial, laying to rest any possible nationalization of D.C.'s War Memorial, and, for the third-