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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that newly elected District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser will be her guest for tonight's State of the Union address.

"I am pleased to welcome Mayor Bowser to the Capitol tonight for President Obama's State of the Union address," Norton said. "As the 114^th Congress begins, we want to demonstrate that there should be a strong partnership, not a contentious relationship, between local D.C. elected officials and members of Congress."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) tomorrow will commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at two events. Norton will give the keynote address at the opening ceremony of George Washington University's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service and Leadership program. She will speak about how her activism during the Civil Rights Movement aides her work in Congress and relates to today's issues. The event honors Dr.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) reports that the District of Columbia statehood bill's 93 original cosponsors, a record number of Members who cosponsored the bill before its introduction, ranks in the top 1% of the 662 bills introduced thus far in the 114^th Congress. The previous record of original cosponsors for the New Columbia Admission Act was at the beginning of the 100^th Congress, in 1987, when 69 Members, all Democrats, cosponsored, representing 26.7% of House Democrats.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will tour the Anacostia River Tunnel Project Site in Southeast Washington, D.C. on Friday, January 16 at 1:00 PM, and will be joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said that an additional $48.6 million for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consolidation at St. Elizabeths in Ward 8 was included in the fiscal year 2015 DHS Appropriations bill, which passed the House today. The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Omnibus), which was enacted into law in December, provided $1144 million for DHS consolidation at St. Elizabeths and the surrounding infrastructure improvements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Building on the unprecedented hearing in the Senate last Congress, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), today introduced her bill to make the District of Columbia the 51^st state, with a record number of original cosponsors. Last Congress was history-making for the District's efforts to achieve statehood. Norton's statehood bill had a record number of cosponsors in both the House and the Senate, including the top four Senate Democratic Leaders, among them then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), ranking member of the House Highways and Transit Subcommittee, today said that Norton had requested a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) staff briefing, which occurred this afternoon, and a regional member briefing, which will take place Wednesday, January 21^st, at a location to be determined, on Monday's Metro incident. NTSB promised to expedite its preliminary report in fewer than the usual 30 days.