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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the Department of Justice (DOJ) can do more than the needed federal investigation that is already underway.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the rundown of her annual Job Fair, which will be held next Thursday, August 21, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Washington Convention Center (800 Mount Vernon Place NW – between 7th and 9th Streets NW). The event will begin with workshops, from 10:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Norton will accept the Federation of Estelle Witherspoon Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday, August 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Birmingham Sheraton Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Norton is being honored for her lifelong efforts to create and sustain equitable treatment for low-income people of color in the workplace and under the law.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that today's Music on the Mall performance is canceled due to rain and will resume next Tuesday, August 19, 2014 with a performance by vocalist Esi Afi Lydia.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a set of recommendations that originated at Norton's D.C. Postal Service Roundtable on Wednesday, and invited residents to continue to contribute suggestions for improvements for D.C. postal services that the Roundtable problem-solving session initiated.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the District of Columbia Board of Elections today certified an initiative for the November ballot to legalize marijuana in D.C., Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she would fight any congressional attempt to block the District from voting on the initiative and, if it is approved by voters, implementing it.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a D.C. Postal Service Roundtable tomorrow, Wednesday, August 6, at One Judiciary Square from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. to discuss issues of concern to District of Columbia residents about postal service in the city. The Postmaster of the District of Columbia, Gerald A.