Press Releases
Washington, DC—The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that Norton will host a Black History Month event for D.C. residents celebrating the upcoming move of the District of Columbia's Frederick Douglass statue to the U.S. Capitol, following the enactment of her bill to place the first-ever D.C. statue there, on Monday, February 4, 2013, from 6:30 p.m.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will speak today at the U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters at 2100 2nd Street SW, at 1:00 p.m. for the agency's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day program, part of her effort and that of the Coast Guard to transition the Coast Guard to its new home in Ward 8 later this year.
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Washington, DC – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that the Congresswoman will host her annual "ANCs on the Hill" meeting on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. in Room 2253 Rayburn House Office Building. Norton and guest speakers will discuss federal legislation and initiatives that will uniquely affect D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that four senators today introduced the companion to her bill to grant the District of Columbia statehood.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the District of Columbia Equal Representation Act and the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, two bills that provide different approaches to congressional representation for the more than 600,000 residents of the District of Columbia.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will hold a Norton in Your Neighborhood Community Conversation with members of the AARP-DC Penn-Branch Chapter on breaking issues in Congress at noon on Monday, January 28, 2013, at the Pennsylvania Ave Baptist Church, 3000 Penn. Ave. SE.
Washington, D.C. – The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) yesterday reintroduced a resolution (H. RES. 40) expressing the sense of the House that active duty military personnel should be exempt from the gun laws of the District of Columbia, but not those of any other state or locality.