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July 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, will attend the opening ceremony tomorrow morning for the new Metro Silver Line.


July 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will go to the House floor in the next hour to respond to the two most serious anti-home-rule amendments to come in years, Rep. Andy Harris' (R-MD) marijuana and Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) gun amendments to the House's Fiscal Year 2015 D.C. Appropriations bill.


July 24, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced another milestone on the way to statehood today as the Senate's fiscal year 2015 District of Columbia Appropriations bill grants D.C. both budget and legislative autonomy, marking the first time ever that an appropriations bill has granted both authorities to the District.


July 23, 2014

WASHINGTON D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will host a D.C. Postal Service Roundtable on 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.


July 23, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the second person since last Friday was arrested this morning for allegedly bringing a gun into the Capitol complex, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) seems to be attracting a constituency for his efforts to “restore gun rights anywhere I can.”

July 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow, Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. for the historic Old Post Office building at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW, where construction will begin to convert the inside of the iconic, 114-year-old building into a luxury hotel.


July 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today wondered why Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who sponsored a House-passed amendment last week to bar the District of Columbia government, including the Metropolitan Police Department, from enforcing its local gun laws, has not introduced a bill or amendment to expand access to guns in federal buildings in D.C.


July 22, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), who chairs the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said today that she will be meeting with top Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials soon because of


July 21, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – In a statement, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) said that she was "thrilled" to learn that President Barack Obama called for statehood for the District of Columbia at a My Brother's Keeper initiative town hall meeting today. Her statement follows: