Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak at a rally, entitled "Low Wage Economy Exposed," tomorrow, October 16, around 11:30 a.m., with low-wage workers outside of the AFL-CIO Headquarters at 815 16th St. NW, followed by a march to the Walton Family Foundation's offices at 919 18th St NW.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released a letter Norton sent to United States Postal Service (USPS) Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe that asks him to reconsider the consolidation of more than 80 mail-processing centers in January 2015 that will delay First-Class and other mail delivery, without public input.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today, before a packed audience of immigrants at her roundtable, entitled "D.C. and the Surge of Unaccompanied Minors from Central America," at Carlos Rosario International Public School, said that this country's so-called War on Drugs fostered the violent climate in Central America when gang members were deported there, and now tens of thousands of Central American children are fleeing to the United States. Norton said, "It was understandable that the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a Capital Parks East Town Hall Meeting tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Avenue SE. Leadership from the National Park Service (NPS), the Shepherd Parkway Committee, Washington Parks & People, and the 11th Street Bridge Park Project will discuss ideas and hear suggestions from residents in Wards 7 and 8 on how to improve the federal parkland in their communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a letter from Norton today to Bob Vogel, National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, Beverly K.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today will give opening remarks at a press and congressional staff briefing as part of an effort to mobilize women to remedy long-standing inequality with men in income, income security, and health protection. The briefing, sponsored by the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), will be held in the Cannon House Office Building, room 121, at noon. NCPSSM will feature a new initiative named for Eleanor Roosevelt, the "Eleanor's Hope" project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will seek answers at an immigration roundtable, entitled "D.C. and the Surge of Unaccompanied Minors from Central America," this morning, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, located in Ward 1 at 1100 Harvard Street NW. The audience will be adults and Carlos Rosario students, many from Central America, not members of the public, but the press is invited.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wonder what ever happened to the children from Central America who surged into the country this summer and made their way to the District of Columbia? Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will seek answers at an immigration roundtable, entitled "D.C. and the Surge of Unaccompanied Minors from Central America," tomorrow morning, Tuesday, October 14, 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, located in Ward 1 at 1100 Harvard Street NW.