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June 6, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that Curtis Hunter, on guitar and harmonica, will perform today, June 6, 2013, from noon – 1:00 p.m., for Lunchtime Music on the Mall, on Madison Dr. SW, between 4th St. and 7th St., directly across from the steps of the National Gallery of Art.


June 6, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) 15-year effort to get the General Services Administration (GSA) to redevelop the Old Post Office (OPO) building and annex on Pennsylvania Avenue in the District of Columbia, bore fruit today with the announcement that the GSA has reached terms with the Trump Organization on a 60-year lease to redevelop and manage the historic b


June 5, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will attend the Washington Nationals game this evening as a member of the bipartisan host committee for the inaugural Congressional Night with the Nationals.


June 5, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today released the following statement on the appointment of Susan Rice as President Obama's national security adviser. Norton has followed Rice's life and progress from the time she was a child, born in the District of Columbia, and throughout her career.


June 5, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today reported that 230 D.C. small business owners and residents participated in yesterday's Small Business Fair, with over 75 one-on-one counselors, resource providers, and federal agency procurement officers. The morning plenary session and workshops were at full capacity.


June 4, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) this evening, Tuesday, June 4, 2103, from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., at 600 5th St. NW, will attend auditions held by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for Lunchtime Music on the Mall and the "MetroPerforms!" series. Lunchtime Music on the Mall is sponsored by WMATA, the D.C.


June 4, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) last week sent a letter to U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Acting Administrator Dan Tangherlini asking for a specific plan, within 60 days, to either use the Webster School, a valuable but long-underutilized and vacant GSA property in the District of Columbia, for a new government tenant or to dispose of it.


June 4, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D-DC) first recommendation, in 2010, to President Obama for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Robert Wilkins, today was nominated by the President for a promotion from the district court to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit Court), widely regarded as the second most powerful court in the United States. Of the nine justices currently on the Supreme Court, four came from the D.C. Circuit Court.

June 3, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC – At the one-hour plenary session opening Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton's (D-DC) small business fair tomorrow, D.C. businesses and residents will hear from Norman H. Jones Sr., the President and CEO of the D.C. small business of the year, Capitol Energy Group, about how he learned to succeed as a small business owner in the District of Columbia.


May 31, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced the wide array of companies, organizations and government agencies that will be represented by specialists who will provide information for one-on-one counseling for D.C. small businesses at Norton's Small Business Fair on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.