Press Releases

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. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the National Park Service (NPS), in conjunction with Norton. Norton said she is pleased that WMATA's efforts are enlivening outdoor areas in the city.

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.

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. The fair, tomorrow, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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. at the Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW. The event is free of charge, open only to D.C. residents and D.C. small businesses, and seating is first-come, first-served. Advance registration is underway.

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will officiate a wedding between Dr. Stephen Johnson and Dennis Kovanda, who have been together as a gay couple for 28 years, tomorrow, Friday, May 30, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. at the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial on 1st St. NW, between Pennsylvania Ave. NW and Maryland Ave. SW. Both men are currently federal employees, Johnson at the Department of Defense, Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office, and Kovanda at the National Institutes of Health.

WASHINGTON, DC – In honor of this week's launch of Lunchtime Music on the Mall, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), when Congress returns from recess next week, will introduce the National Mall Revitalization and Designation Act, to require the Secretary of the Interior to submit a plan to Congress within 180 days to enhance visitor enjoyment, amenities and cultural experiences on, and in the vicinity of, the Mall, and to authorize the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to expand the boundaries of the Mall where commemorative works may be located to relieve pressure o

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The second performance in this week's launch of Lunchtime Music on the Mall, a capella group Delight will perform Thursday, May 30, 2013, from noon to 1:00 p.m. on the National Mall, on Madison Dr. SW, between 4th St. and 7th St., directly across from the steps of the National Gallery of Art. As part of the second season launch, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) next week, when Congress returns from recess, will introduce a resolution honoring Lunchtime Music on the Mall, sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the D.C.