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June 17, 2014

Washington, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today said the House's draft fiscal year 2015 District of Columbia Appropriations bill, which will be marked up tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, by the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, was mostly good news with a couple of exceptions that she thinks she can fix.


June 17, 2014

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) thanked DC Vote and a coalition of 41 national and local groups for urging Members of Congress in a letter today to respect the District of Columbia's home rule during consideration of the fiscal year 2015 D.C.


June 17, 2014

Washington, DC—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a regular at "Will on the Hill," has been invited again to appear in Shakespeare Theatre's Will on the Hill, an annual, bipartisan event that blends politics and theater.


June 17, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) is pleased to announce Nila Kay Jackson as the first performer for Lunchtime Music on the Mall, which was slated to begin last Tuesday, but was cancelled due to rain. Ms. Jackson is scheduled to perform today, June 17, 2014, from noon-1 p.m. Ms.


June 13, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and others on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Special Panel on Public-Private Partnerships (P3 Panel) will travel in New York City on Monday, June 16 for a roundtable policy discussion on private investment in infrastructure using public-private partnerships.


June 13, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a Norton in Your Neighborhood community meeting with the Pleasant Plains Civic Association at the Banneker Recreation Center (2500 Georgia Ave.


June 12, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ranking Member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, today thanked Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri (R-WI) for introducing the Administration’s surface transportation authorization bill, with Norton as the original Democratic co-sponsor, as a courtesy at the request of the Administration.

June 12, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will make remarks for about 30 minutes on the House floor today, June 12, at approximately 1:45 p.m., in light of recent attacks against the District of Columbia’s home rule and the upcoming D.C. appropriations bill.

June 11, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made a major announcement at a June 10 Father’s Day Forum on Returning Citizens held by the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys, which is co-chaired by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL).

June 10, 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. – To mark the start of this season’s Lunchtime Music on the Mall, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced a resolution honoring Lunchtime Music on the Mall, sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the National Park Service (NPS), in conjunction with Norton.